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Flexibility and Speed to Power, Reading & Podcast Picks, December 7, 2025
A new study on data center flexibility; Odd Lots on rising energy costs; Rewiring America on jobs from DERs; and much more.
Dec 7
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Doug Lewin
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Renewable Growth Outpaces Demand, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 30, 2025
Solar and wind outpace demand growth; a great overview of data center rules in Texas; a Texas Energy Fund update; podcasts on electrotech and the need…
Nov 30
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Texas Demand Growth Highest in the US, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 23, 2025
Texas demand expected to rise even more than PJM on data center and broader industrial demand; permitting reform bill advances; NERC issues winter…
Nov 23
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Doug Lewin
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A Texas Flex, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 16, 2025
More AI data centers coming to Texas and it's only the beginning; distributed flexibility markets & DERs are a solution to multiple energy problems; gas…
Nov 16
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Texas Key to US Competition with China, Reading & Podcast Picks, November 9, 2025
Texas solar projects at risk while China speeds ahead; affordability takes center stage; a new flexibility proposal at ERCOT; Texas' potential as a…
Nov 9
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Proposed Rate Increase Faces Opposition in Texas: Reading & Podcast Picks, November 2, 2025
Human-centered AI; Hayek's knowledge problem applied to electricity; Oncor's massive rate increase proposal; Bill Gates' note; why Texas keeps building…
Nov 2
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Doug Lewin
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AI Data Centers Aren't Causing Higher Prices: Reading & Podcast Picks, October 26, 2025
WaPo on rising electricity costs; Bordoff & O'Sullivan on "the energy weapon"; critical minerals mining in Texas; EIA on demand growth in Texas; backup…
Oct 26
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Doug Lewin
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Market-Based Renewables Lower Prices, Reading & Podcast Picks, October 19, 2025
Batteries are booming in Texas; LBL/Brattle study shines light on factors driving power prices; reckoning with China's growth; Corpus Christi is running…
Oct 19
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Doug Lewin
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States With High Renewable Share Have Lower Power Costs: Reading & Podcast Picks, October 12, 2025
Houston area suffers frequent "blue sky" outages; buyers' remorse from the Permian; data shows Administration's claims on renewables are wrong…
Oct 12
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Demand Side Resources Could Enable Load Growth: Reading & Podcast Picks, October 5, 2025
Data centers could put money into customers' pockets, gain speed to power, and make the grid more reliable by investing in demand-side markets; DOE cuts…
Oct 5
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Doug Lewin
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Emma Hamilton
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Solar, Storage, Gas, and VPPs in Texas: Reading & Podcast Picks, September 28, 2025
Solar + storage in Texas = uneventful summer, lower power prices; VPPs growing in Texas and beyond; ERCOT launches innovation initiative; new TEF gas…
Sep 28
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Doug Lewin
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Can AI Data Centers Lower Costs for Residential Consumers? Reading & Podcast Picks, September 21, 2025
Flexible AI loads; who gets blamed for high energy costs; bipartisan permitting reform in DC; solar and battery records in Texas; the "pragmatic climate…
Sep 21
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Doug Lewin
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