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One of the Hottest Growth Markets in the Country, a Conversation with San Antonio CPS Energy CEO Rudy Garza
CPS Energy’s CEO on retiring coal, buying gas, adding solar and batteries, and preparing for the wave of data centers coming to Texas
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Nathan Peavey
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Doug Lewin
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Large Load Discussion Drafts Filed: Grid Roundup #73
Staff files questions and rule drafts for SB 6 implementation; ERCOT lays out grid transformation vision; minor energy efficiency rule moves to comment…
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Doug Lewin
Entergy Texas Picks Expensive Plan: Reading & Podcast Picks, August 24, 2025
Entergy proposes $2.4 billion for 1.2 gigawatts of gas with no solar or storage; how electricity got so expensive; solar growth around the world; USDA…
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Doug Lewin
Texas Power Rush
Special presentation for paid subscribers today at 2:30 p.m. CT
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Doug Lewin
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Texas Approaching 100 Gigawatts of Emission-Free Power, Grid Roundup #72
Auditor calls for stronger RRC inspections; US to add 50 GW of solar + storage, 40% of it in Texas; storage outpacing solar in Texas so far this year…
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Doug Lewin
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Substack Chat Tomorrow and Special Presentation Friday
Join me for a chat and Ask Me Anything during the PUC Open Meeting tomorrow (8/21) and a special presentation on the latest in Texas energy followed by…
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Emma Hamilton
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Doug Lewin
Here Comes the Sun: Bill McKibben on Solar’s Breakout Moment
Why getting most of our power from solar and storage is no longer a distant hope but the fastest, cheapest, most common-sense way to power our world.
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Nathan Peavey
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Doug Lewin
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Solar Ascent, Reading & Podcast Picks, August 17, 2025
McKibben's new book; Dwarkesh and Handmer on solar and AI; Treasury tax credit guidance; Goldman Sachs on AI load flexibility; heat pump adoption; EIA's…
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
Three Big Texas Energy Events You Don't Want to Miss
I'm looking forward to speaking at the UT KBH Energy Center's Annual Symposium, Gulf Coast Power Association Fall Conference, and the Intersolar Texas…
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Emma Hamilton
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Doug Lewin
Flexibility as a Service with Octopus Energy US CEO Nick Chaset
How smarter pricing and simple offerings can bring flexibility at scale into the Texas energy market, empower customers to get control of their bills…
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Doug Lewin
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Nathan Peavey
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Energy Pragmatism: The Path to Abundance
A bipartisan deal on permitting reform and a measured phaseout of tax credits would lower consumer bills, boost the U.S. economy, and give America a leg…
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Doug Lewin
American Energy Manufacturing Declines: Reading & Podcast Picks, August 10, 2025
Energy pragmatism vs. ideology; a slowdown in American energy manufacturing; Virtual Power Plants and AI; new restrictions on batteries in ERCOT's…
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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