EVP for Infrastructure at @Arnold_Ventures Formerly: @WhiteHouse NEC (2x) & DPC; @WHCOVIDResponse; @SenatorBennet; @USTreasury.
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Joined January 2017
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BIG NEWS: @Arnold_Ventures is launching a major new infrastructure initiative today, and I’m thrilled to join them as their first-ever EVP for Infrastructure to drive progress toward building faster, better, and lower-cost in the U.S. [1/x]
Arnold Ventures is excited to formally announce the launch of our bold new infrastructure initiative, which will support research, policy development, and advocacy aimed at building U.S. infrastructure faster, better, and at lower cost. (1/)
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Charlie Anderson retweeted
There are like 8 people on here who have feelings on the permitting bill and are managing to be grown-ups and express them w/o being a jerk to people who want most of the same things but take an opposite position as them. Just wanna say I see and appreciate ya!
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Across different kinds of infrastructure, BAAJA will clear procedural bottlenecks and create certainties for new development.
I published a note today flagging the big implications for transmission, geothermal, and utility investment.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Modeling permitting reform is devilishly hard. Take any models as indicative and uncertain. But the folks at @RFF are some of the most careful modelers and honest brokers out there.
Resources For the Future has released its modeling on the Senate permitting bill.
Top findings:
- Increase transmission capacity by 30% by 2041
- Would facilitate 60GW of clean energy in 2028
- Reduce carbon emissions by 1.8 gigatonnes through 2041
rff.org/publications/issue-b…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Resources For the Future has released its modeling on the Senate permitting bill.
Top findings:
- Increase transmission capacity by 30% by 2041
- Would facilitate 60GW of clean energy in 2028
- Reduce carbon emissions by 1.8 gigatonnes through 2041
rff.org/publications/issue-b…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
"Overall, like other studies on the same topic (Delong et al., 2023), this study finds that utility-scale solar facilities will likely affect less than 1% of total state agricultural land use." uaex.uada.edu/publications/p…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Midterms arguably signal the end of not only the Trump era, but also the long 2016:
• The Dem left agrees Obama was a good POTUS who faced real constraints and that median voter is mod;
• The Dem mods agree to pursue class polarization and concede party’s prog establishment/seniority system is broken.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
The barriers facing the grid & clean energy are asymmetrically worse than faced by O&G.
Not only does this mean clean infrastructure stands to disproportionally benefit from BAAJA, but it’s tough to argue there’s a ton of new O&G suddenly becoming feasible.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
New: The White House Council of Economic Advisers released an analysis touting permitting reform bill’s economic benefits.
Report says BAAJA would:
-Boost long-run GDP by 0.28% to 0.56%
-Cut annual electric bills by $178 to $251
-Increase annual real wages by $306 to $637
Charlie Anderson retweeted
The prelim analysis I obtained found passing BAAJA would lead to 167 gigawatts of more solar being deployed, 51% less natural gas capacity being added from 2028-2035, and power sector carbon emissions falling 20% during that period. Read it here punchbowl.news/baaja-impact-…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Abundance Corps has gone from two campus groups to 24 chapters across 12 states in a year. Ahead of the midterms, founders @Victoriazren and Maxwell Stern wrote in the Abundant Future on why young people want a politics that gives them something to build.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
What does permitting reform mean for solar and storage? Faster connections and more power.
For you, that means lower bills.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
🚨 BUSINESS AND LABOR UNITE IN SUPPORT OF THE SENATE BIPARTISAN #PERMITTINGREFORM DEAL @PAChamber @420Steamfitters
realclearpennsylvania.com/pe…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
“I’ve spent years and a good deal of my own money fighting for climate action, and I’m not in the habit of praising anything Republicans have endorsed. So I’ll say it plainly to my fellow progressives: this is a bill we should support, and I’m asking you to join me.”
A bipartisan permitting bill is the best chance we've had to build clean energy at scale.
Progressives shouldn't pass it up. View article
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Tom Steyer reads @grayson_flood and you should too.
A bipartisan permitting bill is the best chance we've had to build clean energy at scale.
Progressives shouldn't pass it up. View article
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Kentucky powered the USA for a century. The land we mined can power the next one if DC would let us build. Thats not partisan, it’s an American issue and why I wish Congress would pass the Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). 🧵
Charlie Anderson retweeted
👀👀👀 Former Beshear Sr Chief of Staff @adamhedelen weighs in to support #BAAJA, the Senate federal #permittingreform deal! #energytwitter
Charlie Anderson retweeted
Pass BAAJA and get data centers connected to the grid; regulate off-grid data centers. @hausfath
theclimatebrink.com/p/off-gr…
Charlie Anderson retweeted
We can build large clean energy projects here at home, but we have to be able to do it faster.
ALT Cover image of a Vox article titled "How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built." Below, it says "The SunZia wind farm is a marvel. Why did it take 20 years to build?" The background features stylized wind turbines with an abstract design in orange, black, blue, and white hues.
Charlie Anderson retweeted
NEWS: Speaker Johnson gave @JakeSherman an enthusiastic “yes” when we asked if he supported the Senate's bipartisan permitting reform bill. Don't miss this dispatch from Jake on the campaign trail in CHEHALIS, Wash
What Mike Johnson said about permitting and college sports bills in the lame duck in @PunchbowlNews Midday.
Plus, inside the final FEC deadline before midterms:
punchbowl.news/archive/10232…
