Abe Silverman - because the energy transition is too important to get caught in red tape!
Princeton, NJ
Joined July 2019
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🚨New Paper🚨 PJM's "Connect & Manage" proposal could reduce costs by $15B/yr in 2028. Costs shift from operational costs to more capital investment. Benefits across various data center realization levels and under a variety of interconnection scenarios. energyinstitute.jhu.edu/a-sm…
Mrs. EnergyAbe (Dr. Jenny Greene) in CNN on badly behaved baby black holes from the early Universe! These naughty "Little Red Dots" don't obey the rules and are breaking our ideas about the Universe.... or are they? Read more after the jump! edition.cnn.com/2026/03/17/s…
Excited to be growing my team working on energy issues at Hopkins! Multiple post-doc and research scientist opportunities, working on resource adequacy/capacity markets, data centers, “clean-firm” resources & more! More info & apply here: lnkd.in/egmBDZuc
Those of us following energy & data centers, a list that includes my barber, my governor, and random people walking down the street these days -- were treated to quite the show on Friday (January 16), with two proposals! Long write up here! linkedin.com/pulse/two-house…
New Jersey is considering a bill to fund next generation nuclear! Hearing is on Dec. 1. Big new clean energy infrastructure is sexy! Affordable infrastructure is 🔥🔥🔥 Interesting VPPs, DERs and colo pieces as well!
My detailed thinking here: linkedin.com/pulse/new-nucle…
Pleased to provide an update on the Request for Information from the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission. The RFI closed on Oct. 23 and we received 36 unique transmission project concepts from 18 entities, including: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/nort…
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Federal appeals court shakes up transmission line siting. 3rd Circuit holds PA PUC's permit denial based on lack of need is preempted by PJM's regional planning process.
Opinion on PACER (and I'm at an airport w delayed flight so time to kill)
"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair PJM?" If they are willing, who are we to say no? pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/about…
I often refer to the Governors in PJM as "sleeping giants." A bipartisan group of giants just woke up. Letter has a teaser that States will be presenting a "balanced slate" of candidates for the two open Board seats.
Help me out! When was the last bipartisan Gov letter in PJM?
The NE States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is seeking transmission consulting to assist in evaluating candidate projects coming out of the Collaborative's RFI on Interregional Transmission. Details available here! energyinstitute.jhu.edu/nort…
Responses due October 23, 2025.
We'll be announcing a webinar for those interested in the next couple of weeks.
Full RFI available here: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/wp-c…
🚨New paper alert🚨 “A State Playbook for Managing Data Center-Driven Load Growth.”
We try to answer questions we've heard from State policymakers across the country and explain how States can best deal with data center load growth uncertainty!
energyinstitute.jhu.edu/wp-c…
🚨Job Alert🚨Johns Hopkins' Sustainable Energy Institute is hiring a fellow/post-doc (PhD, JD or equivalent experience) to support our work on interregional transmission, state engagement, and offshore wind planning! Details & application available: apply.interfolio.com/168478
All - here's an easier access link that doesn't require you to log into anything: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rose…
The selected fellow will work with me (Abe Silverman) in supporting multi-state convenings including the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission & more! We’ll work on lots of cool stuff – including:
Delighted to share the Strategic Action Plan from the 9-state Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission Planning: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/wp-c….
2. issue a Request for Info to identify "low hanging fruit" projects suitable for development;
3. Develop a strawman cost allocation framework; and
4. Establish HVDC design standards & explore "buying pool concept" to support purchases of necessary equipment.
Among others!
Please join us on Tuesday, April 29 at 10 am for a discussion of the Strategic Action Plan with leader state policymakers. Registration here: wse.zoom.us/webinar/register…