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Reading & Podcast Picks, December 6, 2024
Some great articles and podcasts to keep you informed on Texas energy
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The Tables Are Turned: Becky Klein Interviews Me at the Texas Energy Summit
Becky Klein and I discuss the challenges of grid reliability, opportunities in energy efficiency and distributed energy resources, and my vision for…
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Join Me This Week
I'll be on a panel called "Mind the Resilience Gaps" at Defense TechConnect in Austin and a part of Environment America's "Renewables on the Rise…
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ERCOT Still Doesn’t Understand Winter Demand
A preview of the ERCOT Board meeting tomorrow, including a presentation from ERCOT’s CEO which includes dangerously inaccurate and misleading…
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November 2024

Drilling Down on What Trump Can — and Cannot — Do for the Oil Industry
Markets and technologies can enhance or limit power, depending on who’s in charge and how they prioritize their goals
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Texas PUC Chairman's "Key to Reliability in the State" and More in Grid Roundup #34
PUC Chair talks about storage, nuclear, energy efficiency & more; CenterPoint's "mobile" generators may finally move; Texas' hydrogen hub is funded…
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Updates on Nuclear Power, Transmission, and Early Filed Bills: Grid Roundup #33
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Texas Energy Summit This Week
There's still time to register for the Texas Energy Summit. I'll record a live podcast with former PUC Chair Becky Klein at the Summit Wednesday…
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How to Overcome Ideological Divides and the Climate of Contempt
David Spence joins me to discuss his book, the U.S. election results, energy policymaking, the deep ideological divides in America, and how to bridge…
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CenterPoint, Microgrids, Batteries, and More: Grid Roundup #32
PUC's microgrid workshop; a Senate hearing on resilience at nursing homes; a gigawatt VPP in Texas; more battery records fall; and CenterPoint will not…
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Technology, Markets, Policy — In That Order
Technology and markets will continue to drive the energy transition and the energy expansion. Policy is far more uncertain.
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ERCOT shows high probability of rolling outages in a winter storm
New ERCOT analysis shows 50% chance of rolling outages for Texans during a storm similar to Winter Storm Elliott in December 2022
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