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Ghost Demand | Reading and Podcast Picks - September 6, 2026
Tesla’s solar roof; Chevron investment in Venezuela; AI as good grid citizens; Combating clean energy disinfo; and Columbia Energy Exchange on critical…
Sep 6
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August 2026
Everything Energy | Reading and Podcast Picks - August 30th, 2026
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…
Aug 30
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More grid-changing technology is on the way. Regulators need to prepare
Grid leaders must get ahead of new technologies
Aug 27
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Seyi Fabode
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The Texas Energy Fund's first co-op loan
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…
Aug 26
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Matt Boms
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Texas power companies and utilities see stellar 2Q on data center expansion
How data centers are influencing returns
Aug 25
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Robert Curran
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Bipartisan Energy Politics | Reading and Podcast Picks - August 23, 2026
Data center pushback, plans and growth; Sec. Wright in Midland; and how energy politics is changing on Columbia Energy Exchange.
Aug 23
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Texas Leads in Power Plants | Reading and Podcast Picks - August 16th, 2026
Where to find data center information; Texas on top in power plants; Amazon's new data center; and how supply constraints on growth.
Aug 16
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What the Sierra Club wants from the Texas grid
Cyrus Reed on the 765kv routing fight, batch zero, data center NDAs, mitigation fees, behind-the-meter gas, and the coalitions nobody predicted.
Aug 12
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Joshua Rhodes
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Hitting the Breaks on Data Centers | Reading and Podcast Picks - August 9th, 2026
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…
Aug 9
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How linear generators can fit into the Texas grid
Craig Gordon of Mainspring Energy is pitching his modular generator to utilities, truck depots, dairy digesters, and data centers at a time when ERCOT…
Aug 5
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Nate
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More Authority for Data Centers? | Reading and Podcast Picks - August 2, 2026
Continued struggles over data center regulation; a new solar farm from a coal plant; energy efficiency tips; and more.
Aug 2
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July 2026
Ten gigawatts are parked in American driveways
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…
Jul 29
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Matt Boms
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