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Gas Plants Could Double, Solar Would Still Dominate: Reading & Podcast Picks, September 7, 2025
Gas turbine capacity to increase but still can't satisfy one-sixth of new global demand; US solar manufacturing increases; oil jobs contract; Texas…
Sep 7
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Doug Lewin
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The Affordability Crisis Deepens: Reading & Podcast Picks, August 31, 2025
The Administration's attacks on clean energy upend Texas' economic development; "The Electric Slide"; distributed batteries in Texas; AI and…
Aug 31
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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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…
Aug 24
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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…
Aug 17
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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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…
Aug 10
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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"They're Going Against Their Own Voters": Reading & Podcast Picks, August 3, 2025
Repeal of tax credits hurts consumers and rural farmers & ranchers; used EV batteries on the Texas grid; Meta puts another billion into Texas solar; WSJ…
Aug 3
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Higher Energy Costs From the OBBB: Reading & Podcast Picks, July 22, 2025
I was on Texas Public Radio yesterday talking about the federal budget bill; a Columbia study quantifies the damage from OBBB; data center rules and…
Jul 22
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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"Slightly" Less Energy Scarcity
Here's a brief rundown of what's in — and out — of the Senate version of the budget bill, as well as links to the best summary articles I've seen so far
Jul 2
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Doug Lewin
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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
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Doug Lewin
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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
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Doug Lewin
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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
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Doug Lewin
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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
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Doug Lewin
9
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