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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a halt on new data center connections to the ERCOT grid pending a comprehensive audit of their energy use, water consumption, financing, ownership, and community impacts.

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This action, announced August 3, 2026, comes roughly three weeks after New York became the first state to impose a temporary statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. It applies to projects seeking to interconnect with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system and pauses related transmission planning work, including the “Batch Zero” study. […]

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Texas Holding Consumers Hostage for $33 B in a High-Voltage Heist

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Texas ratepayers are on the hook for a $33 billion high-voltage transmission expansion that critics call a classic power grab—funneling guaranteed returns to transmission monopolies, condemning thousands of acres of private land, and primarily enabling more intermittent wind and solar that many of today’s assets won’t economically or physically outlast another decade. The Electric Reliability […]

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Why Valero Said No Is Good for California

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Daily Standup Top Stories California in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Valero to Stave Off Refinery Shutdown September 10, 2025 Clark Savage In a dramatic turnaround amid California’s escalating energy crunch, state legislators are reportedly negotiating to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars to Valero Energy Corp. to prevent the shutdown of its […]

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Can you Make Money Trading Solar Stocks?

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Daily Standup Top Stories Solar Shares Rise as Trump Hit to Credits Softer Than Feared August 17, 2025 Clark Savage In a surprising turn for the renewable energy sector, solar stocks have surged following the Trump administration’s latest guidance on tax credits for wind and solar projects. Released on August 15, 2025, the new rules […] Britain’s […]

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Who is most trusted on Energy?

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Daily Standup Top Stories The DOE Is Stonewalling On Residential Energy Costs And Its Electrify Everything Push October 8, 2024 Mariel Alumit In 2022, the Biden administration held an “electrification summit” at the White House. The goal of the meeting, which included top White House officials, as well as leaders of various NGOs, including the American […]

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