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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.
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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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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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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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Hyperscalers are utilities
How hyperscalers represent a watershed test of property laws
Jul 27
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New Demand Record | Reading and Podcast Picks - July 26, 2026
How the grid survived record breaking demand; Three great podcasts; and what Dinosaur Valley State Park has to do with transmission lines.
Jul 26
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Wind is keeping West Texas ranches solvent
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…
Jul 22
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Power Wars | Reading and Podcast Picks - July 19th, 2026
PUC rules for data centers; Where chips come from; Texas breaks four solar and storage records; and new investments across the state.
Jul 19
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Before building data centers, developers must build society
Building trust comes before building data centers
Jul 16
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Seyi Fabode
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