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Travis Kavulla
@TKavulla
Head of Policy, @basepowerco. Teacher, writer, editor @uchicago @AmericanAffrs. Husband & father. Feed = my personal take.
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    Travis Kavulla
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    May 20
    Out today: My @AmericanAffrs essay trying to reset the often-fever-pitched conversation about data centers & energy, with concrete ideas for how growth can be accelerated and legacy consumers can be protected -->
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Jan 10, 2023
    Replying to @Sammy_Roth
    This is as amazing a corporate clap back as I have seen @PaulThomsen1
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Oct 27, 2022
    Things just got real at the Kavulla household. Twin girls: home today. Your prayers and well wishes are very welcome as Laura, the 3-year-old and I contend with the new arrivals.
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Jan 10, 2023
    Replying to @TKavulla @Sammy_Roth and @PaulThomsen1
    Actual art installation at Burning Man last year btw -->
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Jul 28, 2023
    Some Californian plugged his Tesla into an unattended electric outlet in rural Montana, an above-the-fold news event in the local weekly, but settled up with the local electric co-op before skedaddling. Hilarious, charming story all around.
    Drive this in a small town
    From montanafreepress.org
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    Travis Kavulla
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    May 16, 2022
    Oh my...
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Sep 1, 2024
    How does this claim make it by the @nytimes fact checkers? Both these states are leaning heavily on gas-fired generation...
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Jun 5, 2024
    The result is now final & fully litigated: Oklahoma Natural Gas residential customers will pay between $5.72 to $7.82 per month for *25 years* to pay off *a single week's worth* of natural gas. I have never seen anything so crazy.
    southwestledger.news
    2021 Winter Storm Uri bonds total approximately $4.5B
    The Oklahoma Supreme Court gave its blessing to $3.07 billion in ratepayer-backed bonds to pay off abnormal energy expenses four public utility companies incurred during the winter storm of February...
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Aug 7, 2022
    short🧵
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Oct 24, 2025
    Buckle up, kids. @ENERGY is directing @FERC to assume jurisdiction over the interconnection of data center loads and others >20 MWs to the transmission grid, superseding state authorities in this realm. (And fwiw, that is probably not the worst idea!)
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    Travis Kavulla
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    May 14, 2024
    A rare find: An electric utility arguing that its "obligation to serve" (often cited as the reason why it should get to be a monopoly) is conditional & that it has unilaterally imposed a moratorium on serving a certain type of customer (data centers & crypto)
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Nov 4, 2021
    Oklahoma Natural Gas is proposing that customers who turn off their gas service to go all-electric should pay a "termination fee" equal to $875-$1,375 per residential customer.
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Jun 22, 2018
    It's official! So happy to be married to the lovely Laura Kavulla!
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    Travis Kavulla
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    Oct 29, 2017
    I've worked in the Montana electric utility space for seven years and had never heard of Whitefish Energy until the #PuertoRico story broke