VIDEO: Why ConEd doesn't fix old cables until they EXPLODE
Old electric cables are exploding underneath our feet. ConEd doesn't seem interested in replacing them. Why might that be?
ConEd's exploding manhole problem
Something exploded in the sewers a few blocks my apartment. I looked into why, and the answer will blow your mind like a manhole cover.
VIDEO: 10 Facts About ConEd Every New Yorker Should Know
Welcome to F*ck ConEd Summer
We don't have a public grid because of this guy
Samuel Insull electrified the world. Then he cut a deal to protect his empire.
A clean energy odyssey
5 myths about renewable energy... BUSTED!
Does the New York Power Authority lack authority?
NYPA is backtracking on building publicly owned renewables
The electricity farmers market
Who NYPA can sell power to; how electricity is priced and sold
New York needs 15 GW of publicly owned power. This is how we get it.
I've got a small favor to ask. Plus: the fascinating history of the New York Power Authority, and how a committed band of ecosocialists passed the most progressive climate law in the country.
The curious case of California
Renewable energy on the grid leads to lower utility bills. California has the second-most renewables of any state. So why do Californians pay some of the highest utility bills in the nation?
We must become the forest
Turning our top-down energy system bottom-up requires three things, metaphorically speaking: trees, a fungal network, and wood elves
