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Utility commision's blueprint outlines policies that could provide a boost to generators powered by conventional fuel sources, such as natural gas.

Ames Tribune It's known that ice accumulation on wind turbine blades can cause problems, but a new study from an Iowa State University professor and his research team shows just how much ice can grow on a blade, and how much that can reduce the performance of a turbine. Some politicians, pundits and internet users overstated the extent to which frozen wind turbines contributed to the recent catastrophic power grid failure in Texas. Ice on blades was, however, one more problem among several larger issues that led to a diminished energy supply that could not keep up with a huge spike in dem...

After losing power in his apartment unit in South Austin last Monday morning, Lucas Askew awoke to the sound of pounding on this door. "They said there was a fire in the apartment building. I threw my keys and my wallet in my pocket and grabbed my dogs," said Askew, a mechanical engineering major at Austin Community College. "By the time we came back the whole roof was on fire, so we couldn't get any of our stuff." Askew, who is currently staying at a hotel, spent this week surveying the damage to his unit at the Park on Brodie Lane apartment complex, where the ceiling in the living room and...

PolitiFact's ruling: False Here's why: U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, was one of several Texas Republicans casting blame for the state's blackouts this month as millions of Texans huddled in their frigid homes. As with many other Republicans and conservative pundits, Crenshaw pointed his finger at wind energy as the primary culprit. But in a Feb. 16 tweet thread, Crenshaw expanded criticism beyond frozen wind turbines to include the federal subsidies for the wind industry and "force the grid to rely in part on wind as a power source." “Why don’t we have extra gas power when we need...

This is an op-ed by Tim Echols, a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, an elected body that regulates the state's telecommunications, electric and natural gas providers. When I was the lone grandchild of my paternal grandmother, I was her hobby — and that included her teaching me sewing skills. The old expression "a stitch in time saves nine" came from that era and simply means to fix problems when they are small to avoid larger problems in the future. Believe it or not, the adage applies to the energy world too, and is on full display in Texas now. But could this happen in Geor...