Climate Crisis
Free Wind Energy = Free Lunch?
Daily Standup Top Stories Who is paying for the Free Energy Wind?- or as Penguin Empire Reports – “Who’s paying for lunch?” May 18, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: This is a guest post from […]
ERCOT
Electrical Generation / Utilities
Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather – NPR
ENB Pub Note: As of 9:31 PM Saturday, 368,204 Texans were without Power. That is a significant recovery from the over 1.2 million impacted by the storm’s power outage. HOUSTON — As the Houston area […]
Electrical Generation / Utilities
Texas Spot Power Prices Jump Almost 100-Fold on Tight Supply
(Bloomberg) — Texas electricity prices soared almost 100-fold as a high number of power-plant outages raised concerns of a potential evening shortfall. Spot prices at the North Hub, which includes Dallas, jumped to more than […]
Coal
Sanctions Don’t Work and Pipelines Matter!
Daily Standup Top Stories Lessons from Texas for California, New York and Other Green Virtue Signaling States May 8, 2024 Mariel Alumit Drops in power generation from wind farms, hydro dams and nuclear reactors has forced […]
Coal
Lessons from Texas for California, New York and Other Green Virtue Signaling States
Guest Post from the Institute for Energy Research. Drops in power generation from wind farms, hydro dams and nuclear reactors has forced the operator of the electric grid in Texas – one of the largest power […]
Electrical Generation / Utilities
ERCOT launches new planning efforts as 2030 load growth projections soar 40 GW in a year
Dive Brief: Texas load growth forecasts for 2030 have soared by 40 GW in a single year, necessitating “a new era of planning,” Electric Reliability Council of Texas President and CEO Pablo Vegas said Tuesday […]
Energy Crisis
Texas Warns of Possible Power Emergency Next Week
Demand is expected to climb with high temperatures forecast Grid operator plans to delay planned generator outages The main Texas grid operator warned of a possible power emergency next week as rising temperatures are anticipated […]
Energy Crisis
Texas set three records for power demand and supply during winter storm
The Texas grid and energy companies set three all-time records for demand and supply to meet energy needs during subfreezing temperatures that began early Monday, expecting to last through Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said. “Texas […]
Energy Transition
Texas’ Unique Energy Industry Is Helping the State Become a Renewables Leader
Texas leads the nation in clean and renewable energy production, and it’s largely due to its geography, federal energy subsidies, deregulated energy market and state-run energy grid. Texas is one the leading US energy producers — and […]
Energy Crisis
ERCOT joins group of U.S. utilities warning about blackouts this winter
The leader of the Texas energy grid has joined a group of U.S. energy and utilities leaders sounding the alarm about the increased risk of blackouts during the approaching winter months. According to the Houston Chronicle’s James […]