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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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Nathan Peavey
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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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Texas no longer manages an electricity market. It manages a compute system
Why the antifragile grid starts here.
May 14
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Seyi Fabode
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Austin Energy Enters the Next Phase of Decarbonization
Stuart Reilly and Lisa Martin of Austin Energy on what it takes to hit 100 percent carbon-free generation by 2035, and the resource decisions the…
May 13
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nathan Peavey
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Process is Killing Texas Data Center Projects
Maura Yates, CEO of Mothership Energy, explains why the binding constraint is contract complexity, not technology.
May 6
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nathan Peavey
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April 2026
Texas Bets on Speed, with Gin Kinney
FROM CERAWEEK 2026: NRG is collapsing power plant timelines from 20 years to 18 months, as Texas races to keep up with skyrocketing load.
Apr 29
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Matt Boms
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Joshua Rhodes
, and
Nathan Peavey
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Load Growth Challenges: Texas Grid Roundup #91
How much load is coming, and what should ERCOT do about it?
Apr 24
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Micalah Spenrath
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Transmission Takes a Decade, Load Doesn't — with Raina Hornaday
Transmission has long lead times, and demand growth is not waiting. Raina Hornaday walks through what that means for how the Texas grid actually gets…
Apr 22
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Micalah Spenrath
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Nathan Peavey
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37:39
Connecting the Regulatory Dots Shaping Texas Energy | Reading and Podcast Picks - April 20, 2026
The race to manage AI-driven load growth; rural landowners cash in on renewables; looming threats to solar power; climate risks fuel insurance cost…
Apr 20
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Texas Energy & Power Media
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What a Wind Lease Is Worth Now with Rod Wetsel
The Sweetwater attorney who helped write the legal framework for Texas’s wind power renaissance walks through 25 years of energy development — and what…
Apr 15
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Joshua Rhodes
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Nathan Peavey
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Who Pays for the New Grid with Pablo Vegas
ERCOT added more than 60 gigawatts of new electricity supply in the past five years — yet the load interconnection queue now exceeds 400 gigawatts
Apr 8
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Joshua Rhodes
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Matt Boms
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Nathan Peavey
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More Generation, More Transmission, More Load, More Challenges: Texas Grid Roundup #90
Recent reports and rulemakings from ERCOT and PUCT point to three major trends shaping the Texas grid: rapid growth, rising transmission investment, and…
Apr 2
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Micalah Spenrath
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