Reading and Podcast Picks

Texas To Lose Over 100,000 Jobs: Reading & Podcast Picks

Impacts to Texas of the budget bill; ERCOT's connect-and-manage works well; utility rates of return are way too high; shoulder season thermal plant…

Jun 17 •

Consumers in the Crosshairs: Reading & Podcast Picks, June 8, 2025

Higher consumer electricity prices if the House's budget bill becomes law; data centers and gas turbines; record Permian oil production; Trump executive…

Jun 8 •

Weekend Edition: Reading & Podcast Picks

Me on NPR's Weekend Edition on how the US House budget bill would hurt the US economy, consumers, and manufacturing, and Texas in particular; the quiet…

Jun 1 •

Eight Days Left in Session Edition of Reading & Podcast Picks

Latitude's Open Circuit podcast on Texas policy; solar & storage helping Texas during early heat waves; Fire Weather; utility regulation in the current…

May 25 •

Texas in the National Spotlight: Reading & Podcast Picks, May 6, 2025

Financial Times: AI data centers need all-of-the-above energy; TAB: Red tape for energy generation is bad for Texas; Geothermal is having a moment…

May 6 •

New Texas Energy Poll & more: Reading & Podcast Picks, April 29, 2025

New poll shows broad support for clean energy; gas plant turbine delays; geothermal power in the Texas Energy Fund; climate change in Texas; and the PUC…

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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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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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Data Centers, Texas Energy Fund, and More: Reading and Podcast Picks, April 2, 2025

Articles on the Texas Energy Fund, podcasts on data center energy demand, energy efficiency at the Texas Legislature, and President Trump's energy…

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Reading & Podcast Picks — March 26, 2025: Solar manufacturing, bad bills, and more

Texas is becoming a leader in solar manufacturing; more on the Senate's anti-energy, anti-growth bills; geothermal jobs; potential IRA repeal impacts on…

Mar 26 •

Reading & Podcast Picks — March 4, 2025: Data Centers, Nukes, VPPs, and More

Lots of great articles on gas turbine supply chain problems, data centers, ERCOT's solar and storage growth, nuclear power, co-ops going big on virtual…

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Reading and Podcast Picks — February 21, 2025: Clean Energy and Grid Reliability

Clean energy's impact on resource adequacy, operational reliability, and resiliency; geothermal; transmission; virtual power plants; anti-renewable…

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