by R.A. Dyer | Sep 18, 2025 | News Round-Up
Fierce Network: What we know about NTIA’s (alleged) new BEAD memo Sept. 18 — A leaked memo, initially posted on Broadband.io, said NTIA is using “tailored, state-by-state data to identify outlier, unreasonably expensive projects,” looking at factors such as geography,...
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 14, 2025 | News Round-Up
Houston Business Journal: Texans face potential electricity price surge as power demand skyrockets Aug. 14 — With new data center developments, population growth and the electrification of oil fields, power demand growth is tightening the electricity market....
by R.A. Dyer | Jul 23, 2025 | News Round-Up
PV Magazine: Solar, wind and storage reliably power Texas grid during unexpected coal shutdown July 22 — Solar and wind generated 40.2% of the ERCOT grid’s electricity this year through June. When coal plants shut down for unexpected maintenance, solar and wind...
by R.A. Dyer | Jun 18, 2025 | News Round-Up
Utility Dive: ‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs: Aurora Energy ResearchJube 17 — Batteries, gas peaker plants and data centers will provide critical system flexibility by 2030 as load growth, aging infrastructure and weather...
by R.A. Dyer | May 27, 2025 | News Round-Up
Texas Standard: After outages last year, CenterPoint promises a better tracker May 26 —Hurricane season starts June 1, and CenterPoint Energy says it’s ready with a new and improved outage tracker. But after failures during Hurricane Beryl and last year’s derecho, is...
by R.A. Dyer | Mar 26, 2025 | News Round-Up
Texas Tribune: West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to help oil-producing counties with roads, other needs March 25 — Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help...
