The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

clear all ✕

why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Opinion
Allsup: Early opposition makes 2029 Mid-Atlantic transmission target unlikely
“The level of opposition, the force of that opposition at such an early stage, relatively I, I'm less than optimistic, I guess, about this particular project. I do think maybe a lot will depend on what FERC does in this parallel proceeding, but I feel like they…”
Maeve Allsup Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 28:38 How data centers are complicating transmission expansion
Assertion Supported
NextEra plans 100-mile Mid-Atlantic transmission line across PJM
“It's a planned high voltage transmission line spanning about a 107, I think a little over a hundred miles in PJM. It would run from Southwestern Pennsylvania to Northern Virginia, crossing through Maryland and also a good chunk of West Virginia. It's being dev…”
Maeve Allsup Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 4:17 How data centers are complicating transmission expansion
Assertion Supported
NextEra aims to begin Mid-Atlantic Reliability Line construction in 2029
“They want to start construction in 2029, and the systems to make sure that data center customers can pay for that just don't exist.”
Maeve Allsup Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 14:11 How data centers are complicating transmission expansion
Assertion Not checkable as stated
NextEra CEO: Expensive gas turbines make solar-plus-storage much more attractive
“We spoke to a utility CEO, the NextEra CEO in the US, who said, you know, if gas turbines are going to be that expensive, that's just going to make solar plus batteries so much more attractive, and we'll build those instead.”
Akshat Rathi Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 15:34 Calibrating hype with Akshat Rathi
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 200 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.