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Even though few realized the implications at the time, section 210 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA for short) effectively broke the utility’s total control over everything that entered, moved through, and exited their power system.
Gretchen Bakke • The Grid
This turn toward conservation and energy efficiency was the first crisis, of three, that would shock the electric utilities during the Carter era. Their business model, long premised on endlessly increasing consumption linked to endlessly increasing production of ever cheaper electric power tied, in turn, to the construction of ever bigger, more
... See moreGretchen Bakke • The Grid
GDP can be increased by producing what is unnecessary, like private jets. I’m saying, OK, maybe we don’t need these things because that’s only for rich people, and that’s also destroying the planet.... See more
grist.org • Slow Down, Do Less: A Q&A With the Author Who Introduced 'Degrowth' to a Mass Audience
Elite capture is the “presence of unequal access to power...and consequently the ability to influence the transfer of funds/resources disproportionately” toward outcomes that benefit those with access.
Here, funds/resources mean currency, so in some situations they can refer to things like housing and healthcare but they can also refer to... See more
Cydney Hayes • The elite capture of Substack

Many of these policies that prize efficiency over emissions are still on the books, restricting your ability to lower your emissions by swapping out a gas-burning furnace for an electric heat pump—even