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The Texas Public Utilities Commission members spent Thursday going over recommendations to avoid another deadly winter storm. A lot of the proposals come from the larger players in the market. But commissioners stressed they want to hear recommendations from the smaller independent companies too.
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More from my terrific conversation with Michael Webber at the University of Texas. Michael is well known for having thought deeply about how the grid works and where it’s going. I’m pairing his insights with a long analysis from E&E News, which I excerpt here, but by all means go to the link and give it a scan. Nearly a month after an arctic blast crippled Texas’ main power grid, questions continue to fly about how to prevent a similar disaster from occurring again. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has directed lawmakers to address the electricity crisis during their current session. He and others...
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Biden’s Plea to Remake Grid Gets a Boost on Texas Power Crisis Source: By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter, Bloomberg • Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Electricity service trucks lined up ahead of use in Fort Worth, Texas on Feb. 16 Photographer: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The icy weather that left millions without power in Texas has critics of the Biden administration’s fight against climate change blaming renewable energy, but the failures have more to do with an ill-prepared power grid and shortfalls in traditional electricity...
Could Texas be an electric vehicle hub? FacebookTwitterEmail Machinery at the Tesla factory under construction on Harold Green Road and State Highway 130 in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Tesla Inc.'s new factory in Austin, Texas, won’t build only the Cybertruck: State filings suggest the company also plans to make batteries on site as part of an ambitious strategy to further integrate its supply chain. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/BloombergBronte Wittpenn / Bloomberg WASHINGTON - The push to clean up the world's energy sector to fight climate change has always presented an...