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Texas Grid Roundup #19, July 18, 2024
CenterPoint's mobile generator fiasco; PUC's investigation into CenterPoint; upcoming legislative hearings on the grid; "extra high voltage…
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Texas Grid Roundup #18, July 10, 2024
Hurricane Beryl-related power outages; utility resilience plans; growth in solar and storage; update on large loads in ERCOT; and updates of the cost of…
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Texas Grid Roundup #17, June 28, 2024
A look at comments from the newest PUC Commissioner; ERCOT projects system peak to shift to 10pm; peak demand exceeded 80GW for the first time this…
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Texas Grid Roundup #16, June 21, 2024
Texas Senate re-affirms opposition to a capacity market; the PUC receives comments on PCM; a look at 150 NOI's for subsidized gas plants; ERCOT's…
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Texas Grid Roundup #15, June 12, 2024
Legislative grid hearings underway; IMM: new renewables lowered prices in 2023; ERCOT Board materials show big jump in batteries; new reliability…
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Texas Grid Roundup #14, June 5, 2024
Texas House and Senate grid hearings next week; more load growth news; ERCOT tries to limit storage, again; and a first look at the applications for the…
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Texas Grid Roundup #13, May 29, 2024
More power outages; new info on what it costs to build power plants in ERCOT; responses to the PUC's energy efficiency questions; ERCOT's bid to buy…
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Texas Grid Roundup #12, May 16, 2024
ERCOT's notice of possible emergency conditions, PUC's newly proposed reliability standard, ERCOT market design updates, generation hubs, and an…
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Texas Grid Roundup #11: Storage shatters record
Storage exceeded 3 gigawatts and 5% of demand for the first time; ERCOT releases RFP for demand response in advance of summer heat; transmission policy…
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Texas Grid Roundup #10, April 30, 2024
CenterPoint's $2 billion resiliency plan, PUC's energy efficiency questions, ERCOT reliability standard meeting Thursday, and how EPA's new rules on…
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Texas Grid Roundup #9, April 17, 2024
Updates on an ERCOT report showing potential for 62 gigawatts of new demand by 2030, Senate electric grid interim charges, an emerging smart thermostat…
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Texas Grid Roundup #8, April 5, 2024
Updates on new dispatchable resources, movement on a controversial proposal impacting batteries and renewables, utilities' energy efficiency reports…
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