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New Rules for Data Centers | Reading and Podcast Picks - June 14, 2026
The Texas Tribune maps data center buildout; Google's bet on the grid; Details on the Governor's letter to PUC and ERCOT; Record demand predictions; and…
Jun 14
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Texas Energy & Power Media
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25 Million Gallons and a Missed Deal
By denying data centers, communities miss an opportunity to shore up water systems
Jun 11
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Seyi Fabode
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Inside the PUC's Cost-Allocation Overhaul with PUC Chairman Gleeson
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson on screening speculative load from real projects, assigning the cost of growth to the customers who cause it, and why the…
Jun 10
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nate
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Billions of Dollars, Nowhere to Plug In | Reading and Podcast Picks - June 7, 2026
Data centers and grid access; Texas battery storage leads the nation; the Texas Energy Fund's first projects; home efficiency rebates lose…
Jun 7
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Texas Energy & Power Media
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How will data centers pay for power?
Travis Kavulla on why the utility model of building ahead of demand falls apart under data center growth, and what it would take to make new load pay…
Jun 3
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nate
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$6.5 billion in transmission projects, batch zero closure, and the questions that follow: Texas Grid Roundup #93
Where ERCOT predicts large load interconnection and transmission are headed.
Jun 1
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Tiffany Wu
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May 2026
The Data Center Edition | Reading and Podcast Picks - May 31, 2026
Data centers, electricity prices, and who should pay; 24/7 renewables closer than you think; data centers' water footprint in Texas; Fervo Energy goes…
May 31
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Texas Energy & Power Media
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Interstate power companies herald ERCOT operations in 1Q earnings
Texas Grid Emerges as the Defining Growth Market for America's Power Companies
May 29
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Robert Curran
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The Distributed Future
Will the shift in AI to decentralization eliminate the need for hyperscale data centers?
May 28
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Seyi Fabode
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How Texas decides which data centers to connect
Tiffany Wu on how ERCOT's batch zero process will decide which large loads get studied first, which transmission gets built, and who pays for it.
May 27
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nate
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How Texas plans to serve ‘infinite demand’
Eric Goff, founder of Goff Policy on batch zero, transmission planning, and how Texas can serve new load without shifting costs onto existing customers.
May 20
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nate
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Energy policymakers grapple with reliability, fairness, and flexibility: Texas Grid Roundup #92
ERCOT's reliability standard process, the Texas Backup Power Package rule, and transmission cost allocation debates.
May 19
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Tiffany Wu
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