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PUC Publishes Proposal for Backup Power Program: Texas Grid Roundup #85
PUC advanced multiple Texas Energy Fund projects; commissioners adopt refined energy efficiency rules; PUCT staff publish proposal to implement the…
 • Micalah Spenrath
Power Projects Canceled as Demand Rises, Reading & Podcast Picks, December 21, 2025
Cancelled power generation projects are adding up; ERCOT's new 'superhighway'; power market diversification; what's behind rising utility bills…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
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How Much Are Texans' Power Bills Going Up? with TEPRI's Margo Weisz
Everyone's talking about energy affordability these days. But few are more knowledgeable about it than Margo Weisz who joined me to talk about the scale…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media and Nathan Peavey
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Solar + Batteries Continue Rapid Growth: Texas Grid Roundup #84
Over 11 gigawatts of total generation were added over the last 8 months; ERCOT forward prices are trending higher; Board grants urgent status to the…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
Flexibility and Speed to Power, Reading & Podcast Picks, December 7, 2025
A new study on data center flexibility; Odd Lots on rising energy costs; Rewiring America on jobs from DERs; and much more.
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
Texas Large Load Queue Continues Phenomenal Growth, Texas Grid Roundup #83
Large load queue hits 225 gigawatts with no signs of slowing down; PUC staff files discussion draft on large load interconnection; ERCOT board to…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
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Replay: Using Wasted Energy to Power AI with Crusoe's Cully Cavness
A Thanksgiving-week repost of one of our most hopeful conversations, revisited in light of Crusoe’s surge in growth, investment, and impact across…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media and Nathan Peavey
Texas Demand Growth Highest in the US, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 23, 2025
Texas demand expected to rise even more than PJM on data center and broader industrial demand; permitting reform bill advances; NERC issues winter…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
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How AI Data Centers Can Go From Villain to Hero with Varun Sivaram
Two grid paths for AI data centers: drive bills higher and add stress to the grid, or reduce costs and outage risks by becoming flexible grid assets and…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media and Nathan Peavey
A Texas Flex, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 16, 2025
More AI data centers coming to Texas and it's only the beginning; distributed flexibility markets & DERs are a solution to multiple energy problems; gas…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media and Emma Hamilton
An Expensive and Unnecessary Capacity Market
Tomorrow the PUC will discuss a new ERCOT proposal, called DRRS Plus, to establish a capacity market. There are far less expensive and more effective…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media
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It's Going to Happen First in Texas with Nat Bullard (Part 2)
In Part 2 of my conversation with Nat Bullard, we talk about the rise of batteries in Texas, the Texas Energy Fund, the value of distributed energy…
 • Texas Energy & Power Media and Nathan Peavey
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