The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter

Why Texas had no summer grid emergencies; What data center pushback might cost; The history of solar; Nuclear in Ft. Hood; and how data centers could impact midterms.

Grid leaders must get ahead of new technologies

Rayburn Electric closed a 3 percent state loan in June and is building 570 MW in Sherman, and Christian Nagel walks through data center vetting, home batteries, and the 4CP fight.

How data centers are influencing returns

Data center pushback, plans and growth; Sec. Wright in Midland; and how energy politics is changing on Columbia Energy Exchange.

Where to find data center information; Texas on top in power plants; Amazon's new data center; and how supply constraints on growth.

Cyrus Reed on the 765kv routing fight, batch zero, data center NDAs, mitigation fees, behind-the-meter gas, and the coalitions nobody predicted.

Gov. Abbot's announcement of a pause on data center approvals, what it means for the state; Ezra Klein on opposition to AI; and where should data centers be built in the first place.

Craig Gordon of Mainspring Energy is pitching his modular generator to utilities, truck depots, dairy digesters, and data centers at a time when ERCOT is rationing grid capacity for large loads.

Continued struggles over data center regulation; a new solar farm from a coal plant; energy efficiency tips; and more.

Joseph Vellone talks about the barrier to using parked EVs as grid capacity as a flaw in incentives, rather than hardware, and why the barrier is tougher in Texas.

How hyperscalers represent a watershed test of property laws

How the grid survived record breaking demand; Three great podcasts; and what Dinosaur Valley State Park has to do with transmission lines.

John E. Davis on why he put seven wind turbines on his ranch, how the income steadied a working sheep and goat operation, and what he thinks his own party gets wrong about renewables.

PUC rules for data centers; Where chips come from; Texas breaks four solar and storage records; and new investments across the state.

Building trust comes before building data centers

As large new loads line up in ERCOT, Texas must decide how to plan transmission and price grid access without shifting the cost onto residential customers, and Texas Energy Buyers Alliance has a plan.

How and why attitudes towards data centers are changing; What they show about US industrial strength; Latitude Media's podcast on their path forward; and a new study on how ERCOT can meet demand.

How the geopolitics of electrification are creating a new role for Texas in American energy security.

As Texas prepares to build a $40 billion-plus high-voltage transmission backbone, Barry Smitherman argues the PUC can open those contracts to competitive bidding if a 2019 law is repealed.