Published

3 years ago

October 13, 2023

Alice Rush

October 12, 2023

National Urban League and ACORE Send Letter to FERC Urging a Strong Final Transmission Planning Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CEOs of the National Urban League and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) encouraging the expeditious completion of a strong final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation.

“Recognizing the critical role of transmission planning in enhancing reliability, ensuring that costs paid by consumers are ‘just and reasonable,’ and enabling our grid to better withstand the climate challenge, we respectfully urge the Commission to expedite the completion of a strong final rule on Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection,” wrote National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial and ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone.

The organizations expressed their agreement with the key touchstones that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer listed in his July letter to FERC, and were also incorporated in ACORE’s comments on the proposed rule. These include (1) a prescribed set of benefits, including those that accrue during times of system stress; (2) a mechanism to determine a cost allocation method when the states are unable to agree; (3) the use of long-term scenarios that include a high penetration of renewable resources; and (4) the incorporation of non-wires technologies and reconductoring of existing lines.

The National Urban League and ACORE previously co-authored a special section in the 2023 State of Black America report entitled A Climate in Crisis, which chronicled how Black, Brown, and underserved communities suffer the most when our electrical grid is unable to grapple with the increasingly frequent severe weather associated with our changing climate.

“It is clear that such disadvantaged communities could be at grave risk should there be a grid failure,” Morial and Wetstone added.

Click here to read a copy of the letter the two organizations submitted to FERC.

About ACORE:
For more than 20 years, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) has been the nation’s premier pan-renewable nonprofit organization. ACORE unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy. For more information, please visit www.acore.org.

About National Urban League:
The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The National Urban League spearheads the efforts of its 92 local affiliates through the development of programs, public policy research and advocacy, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than 3 million people annually nationwide. Visit www.nul.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @NatUrbanLeague.

Media Contacts:

Alex Hobson
Sr. Vice President, Communications
American Council on Renewable Energy
hobson@acore.org | 202.777.7584 (o) | 202.594.0706 (c)

Dylan Helms
Associate, Communications
American Council on Renewable Energy
helms@acore.org | 202.891.7868 (o) | 727.290.8804 (c)

Teresa Candori
National Urban League
tcandori@nul.org | 212.558.5362

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Renewable Energy

Here’s How to Clean Away a Messy Toilet Using Today’s Incredible Technology

Published

6 hours ago

May 21, 2026

Alice Rush

I’ve never seen a toilet this soiled by diarrhea. But thankfully, there are now products that use pressurized steam to clean messes like this more-or-less instantly.

Apparently, they’re selling like hotcakes, but only to people incapable of asking themselves, “Where does all this fecal matter actually go? Does it seem like a good idea to blast it all over the bathroom? And if the bathroom door’s not closed, all over the house?”

Here’s How to Clean Away a Messy Toilet Using Today’s Incredible Technology

Renewable Energy

Home Schooling Is a Bit Controversial

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6 hours ago

May 21, 2026

Alice Rush

In an average month, I meet at least one person who is homeschooling their child. I’m always tempted to ask about their reasoning, but I don’t, as it would bring up politics in at least 90% of cases, and I don’t like to alienate people by putting them on the defensive.

They probably know that homeschooling comes at a cost in terms of depriving the kid of the socialization that comes along with being surrounded with children their own age, but they believe they are protecting their kid from the multiplicity of dangers in public, and perhaps worse, private schools, starting with required vaccinations, then continuing into indoctrination into godlessness, socialism, science, and questioning the morality of America.

Obviously, as U.S. citizens, we have an extremely broad range of rights when it comes to how we raise our children. If we keep them fed and get them medical treatment when required, we’re home free.

If I had any inclination whatsoever to challenge these people, I’d ask about their proficiency with history, writing, and math. Even the common MAGA parent can teach his kid to read at a basic level and get through the multiplication tables, but how well is he equipped to take on geometry and the developments made by the Sumerians?

Clearly, such a discussion on this topic could get ugly very quickly.