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How Batteries Are Reshaping the Texas Grid with Suzanne Leta
Fluence Policy VP Suzanne Leta and I discuss American battery manufacturing (including in Houston!), cost declines, technology evolution data centers…
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Doug Lewin
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Nathan Peavey
Nuclear, Transmission, and Large Load Updates: Texas Grid Roundup April 22, 2025
Nuclear bill on the House floor today; PUC staff makes their transmission recommendation; large load queue jumps 25 gigawatts in one month; grid…
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Another Anti-Energy, Anti-Growth Bill Looms
ERCOT CEO said of a similar proposal to House Bill 3356 and Senate Bill 715 “we would lose energy resources” and face an “energy deficit,” which would…
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Is ERCOT attempting to "eighty-six" batteries?
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ERCOT Has More Questions to Answer
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ERCOT Still Doesn’t Understand Winter Demand
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A Year of the IRA in Texas: More Solar, Storage, Jobs, and Investment
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Peak Demand Tomorrow Morning: Is the Grid Ready?
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The Texas Senate Is a Threat to U.S. Energy Security
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Why Do Some Legislators Work Against Their Districts? Reading & Podcast Picks, April 20, 2025
A study for the Texas Association of Business shows grid reliability goes down, costs go up if renewables are constrained; plus articles on SB 819, the…
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Does the Texas Legislature Still Believe in Market Competition?
ERCOT is experiencing massive demand growth. Will the Legislature allow market competition to meet the moment or impose expensive interventions ERCOT's…
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Nathan Peavey
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How Load Flexibility Could Unlock Energy Abundance with Tyler Norris
Tyler Norris joins me to discuss a groundbreaking study on large flexible loads, the data center boom, and how demand-side innovation can ease grid…
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Doug Lewin
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Nathan Peavey
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Two More Texas Energy Fund Projects Canceled: Grid Roundup #52
Another 1,062 megawatts is out of the Texas Energy Fund; Dr. Rhodes finds significant cost, lower reliability from limiting renewables; bills to limit…
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BREAKING: SB 715 Likely up for Vote in Committee This Morning
Bill is retroactive, would require *existing* generators to have their own backup, would add billions in cost; ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas two years ago…
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AI and Energy: Reading & Podcast Picks, April 14, 2025
A new report on data center demand growth; ERCOT's new projections of load growth in Texas; an op-ed on an "industry killer" bill and another on…
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
ERCOT "Well-Suited" to Meet Load Growth, Says CEO: Grid Roundup #51
Pablo Vegas tells the Legislature the energy-only market can meet load growth; SB 819 likely in front of full Senate next week; new solar & battery…
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Doug Lewin
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Rural Texans Speak Against Senate Bill 819
Here are some highlights of the testimony against SB 819 from Texans who traveled a long way to let the Senate know why the bill would hurt them and…
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Doug Lewin
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Nathan Peavey
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Geothermal’s Moment with Jamie Beard
Jamie Beard joined me at a live event during SXSW to discuss how we can scale geothermal power in Texas, leveraging the skills and innovation of the oil…
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Doug Lewin
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Nathan Peavey
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