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Texas: where oil and gas once reigned supreme—and now, renewables are rewriting the rules.In this special live episode recorded at Intersolar & Energy Storage North America 2025, Doug Lewin and Nico Johnson flip the script. Doug takes the mic to interview Nico about his biggest takeaways from the show, and the two dive deep into what's fueling Texas' meteoric rise in solar, storage, and energy expansion.Expect a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about why Texas has become the unexpected juggernaut of clean energy—and what risks could upend that growth if policymakers aren't careful.Expect to learn:

Texas is one of the country's biggest producers of zero-emissions energy. Last year, the Lone Star State surpassed California to become the country's No. 1 market for utility-scale solar. More solar and batteries were added to the Texas grid in 2024 than any other energy source, and the state has long dominated in onshore wind.But that buildout is now threatened. A new tranche of bills in the Texas House and Senate could impose punitive engineering requirements on wind, solar, and storage plants — even those already in operation — and they could send the state's power bills soaring.Doug Lewin is the founder and CEO of Stoic Energy Partners in Austin, Texas. He writes the Texas Energy and Power Newsletter, and he is the host of the Energy Capital podcast. On this week's episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob talk with Doug about how Texas became a clean energy powerhouse, how it has dealt with eye-watering demand power growth, and why a handful of bills in the Texas statehouse could break its electricity market. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of energy systems engineering at Princeton University.Mentioned: A round-up of the anti-renewables bills now in TexasA map of renewables across TexasElectrifying the PermianThe economic impact of renewables & storage in TexasRural Texans speak out against SB 819How Texas consumers benefit from the renewables expansion Rob's upshift; Jesse's upshift.--Music for Shift Key is by Adam Kromelow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Doug Lewin, from the Energy Capital podcast in Texas, explains how a massive storm triggered unprecedented investment in solar and storage in the oil state. Plus: News of the week.

There have been several times recently when 60% - 70% of all the power consumed in Texas came from renewables. And in January, the state set a new solar production record, topping out at over 14,000 megawatts, more than enough to power San Antonio and Austin. Life is so good for renewables in Texas, a new study funded by the oil and gas industry found that they should likely connect to the grid to get cheaper power… thanks to the influence of renewables. In this episode of Y'all-itics, the Jasons pop open a cold one with energy expert Doug Lewin who explains why Texas should no longer be considered an oil and gas state, just an energy state. Guest Doug Lewin, Stoic Energy Founder

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Despite an early warning of possible operational issues, ERCOT officials remain bullish on the power staying on through the upcoming winter freeze: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/investigations/defenders/ercot-operating-condition-notice-texas-power-grid/269-ba1f0642-92fd-4f5f-ad1f-cfe45fbcca9f ...Go-to energy expert Doug Lewin thinks we'll be okay: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ercot-watchful-ahead-of-cold-weather-energy-expert-says-no-cause-for-alarm/3430070/ ...Trader Joe's stores in Denver are already seeing inventory shortages due to bad weather in Texas: https://kdvr.com/news/local/trader-joes-stores-in-colorado-low-on-inventory-due-to-texas-weather/ Regular Progress Texas podcast contributor and Texas Observer investigative reporter Steven Monacelli was among a group of journalists suspended - and then reinstated - by Twitter/X yesterday: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation Democratic hopefuls for the nomination to face Ted Cruz comment on our junior Senator's silence on abortion: https://themessenger.com/politics/democrats-pounce-on-cruzs-silence-on-texas-abortion-law-as-2024-race-looms ...Mark your calendar for a Democratic Senate primary debate: Friday February 9. CBS News got an inside look at the Texas end of those migrant bus trips, designed to sow chaos in Democratically-led cities: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/texas-officials-accused-of-creating-migrant-busing-chaos/ A law professor at UT Austin is preparing a new class - "Understanding Conservative Legal Thought": https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/09/new-univ-of-texas-law-class-on-understanding-conservative-legal-thought/ Thanks for listening! See multiple ways to help Progress Texas continue our important work at https://progresstexas.org/.

Join Mo (@_modalla) as he sits down with Doug Lewin, a nationally recognized energy expert, to dive into the fascinating world of the electric grid, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand response, utility regulation, and pollution reduction.

In this week's episode, energy expert Doug Lewin discusses how wind and solar power are supplying an increasing amount of power in Texas whether state leaders like it or not.

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Rudy Garza, CEO of CPS Energy, the nation's largest integrated municipal power and gas utility, doesn't mince words when it comes to the effort by some policymakers in Texas to punish renewables for the broad failures during Winter Storm Uri. Garza became CEO a little over a year ago but has deep experience in Texas energy. And as one of the largest generators and customers in ERCOT, CPS Energy has a unique position in the market. Garza, while recognizing the need for more dispatchable resources in the ERCOT market, opposes efforts to penalize renewables, a current legislative focus. "I think it's crazy to penalize renewables. We need every megawatt on the system that we can get our hands on," Garza said on Episode 8 of the Texas Power Podcast.If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  TIMESTAMPS2:16 - About Rudy Garza4:29 - About CPS8:03 - Winter Storm Uri 11:12 - Rotating outages15:56 - Market redesign proposals in the legislature18:23 - Attempts to penalize renewables 20:35 - Closing coal units and diversification of energy sources at CPS23:56 - Battery storage25:23 - Deliverability issues with natural gas28:46 - Energy efficiency, virtual power plants, demand response35:20 - Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, including direct pay for municipal utilities like CPS42:18 - Large scale storage, including CPS' pumped hydro storage pilot44:58 - Distributed storage47:20 - How CPS empowers customer to reduce costs and increase efficiency51:45 - CPS's future52:44 - EVs

Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy, is a nationally recognized energy expert, particularly in the electric grid, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand response, utility regulation, and pollution reduction. He is regularly featured in local, state, and national broadcasts and publications on energy issues. In this interview, Larry and Doug talk about the electric grid in Texas - the issues we face, what happened during Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and the winter storm of December 2022; the actions, and inaction, of the Texas Legislature, the PUC-Texas, and ERCOT that impact the affordability and reliability of electricity in Texas, and how our choices on electricity generation impact air quality in Texas. 

The Texas Legislature is now in the final days of considering a spate of bills that could change how the state's electricity market functions. In this episode, Doug Lewin, who has been tracking energy-related legislation at the Texas Capitol for more than 20 years, explains the surge in distributed generation, the huge amounts of solar and storage coming onto the ERCOT grid, the prospects for a Texas capacity market, and why his first priority would be to “weatherize, weatherize, weatherize” the state's gas plants, homes, and businesses. (Recorded May 5, 2023.)

This week we recorded in between bill hearings with Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy Consulting and host of the Texas Power Podcast. Renewable energy is a big part of the Texas economy. We talked to Doug about some positive advancements this legislative session and work that still needs to be done to protect renewable energy. Check out Doug's podcast at www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/

The energy transition is daunting to incumbent energy companies— albeit in very different ways.Vistra CEO Jim Burke joined Episode 7 of the Texas Power Podcast with Doug Lewin to discuss how the largest electricity generator in Texas is navigating the energy transition and adjusting to a shifting ERCOT market design.Burke discussed the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act, his ‘technology agnosticism,' and Vistra's current focus on reliability.  He also explored what the ongoing and impending energy transition means for a company that has traditionally relied on fossil fuels and the need to move away from an either/or, overly-simplistic debate in regard to the use of natural gas and renewables. If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

Texans can now get paid for supporting the grid with their solar panels and batteries as part of a new virtual power plant pilot project.What happens next could lead to rapid deployment of resilient and clean distributed energy resources across the state.But realizing that potential won't be easy. One of the biggest hurdles is customer engagement.Octopus Energy US CEO Michael Lee joined Episode 6 Texas Power Podcast to discuss his extensive background in energy, his company's participation in the VPP pilot, and his vision for bringing the benefits of distributed energy to the masses. This episode builds on Episode 2 featuring  Amy Heart, VP of public policy at Sunrun.If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market. https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is https://linktr.ee/douglewin Doug's Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/ Doug Lewin: https://twitter.com/douglewinenergy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry's Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin's global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:52 Intro 01:36 Doug Lewin 02:21 Current state of the Texas grid 08:50 What energy source is to blame for failures? 11:13 Bad / Good Reductivity 15:56 House insulation & energy demand 22:15 Soulutions? 28:49 New power generation 34:46 Central planning of Texas grid 38:21 Energy storage 41:33 Bitcoin & critical flexible loads 44:03 2023 predictions MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

As if it wasn't enough that Texas has some of the best wind resource, best solar resource, and largest shale oil and gas deposits in the world, the Lone Star State also has a great geothermal resource. Unlike the others resources, though, geothermal is yet to be tapped. That's about to change.The Texas Geothermal Alliance launched last year and has grown to nearly 50 members including major oil and gas companies, power generators, and pure play geothermal companies.  On Episode 4 of the Texas Power Podcast, host Doug Lewin is joined by Barry Smitherman, TxGEA's chairman and president. Barry's not new to the energy world in Texas though. He's the only Texan to ever chair both the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission (which regulates oil and gas). He literally has a unique perspective.Barry and Doug talked about geothermal and how perfectly suited it is to a state that has drilled—get this—one million wells. They also discussed the ongoing PUC market design debates and discussions which are reaching a sort of crescendo as the PUC drives toward a January 12 decision just two days after the Texas Legislature gavels in for their biennial regular session. If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

This episode was originally published on Renewable Energy World's Factor This! podcast.  It's been more than 600 days since the lights went out for millions of Texans during Winter Storm Uri. The near-total collapse of the Texas grid can be attributed to a number of culprits— and there has been no shortage of finger-pointing. Promises were made that what happened in February 2021 would never happen again. And a market redesign that's underway is supposed to be the solution. To better understand what's happening, and what's to come, Episode 24 of the Factor This! podcast features Texas Capitol mainstays Caitlin Smith of Jupiter Power, Mark Stover of Apex Clean Energy, and Doug Lewin, host of Renewable Energy World's Texas Power Podcast. Show notes:-Check out the "Don't California my Texas (electricity market)" episode of the Texas Power Podcast for a deep dive into a highly-anticipated report on the three electricity market redesign proposals.-Read the ICF report commissioned by the Texas Consumer Association Factor This!  is produced by Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Connect with John Engel, the host of Factor This!, on LinkedIn and Twitter.

It's been more than 600 days since the lights went out for millions of Texans during Winter Storm Uri. The near-total collapse of the Texas grid can be attributed to a number of culprits— and there has been no shortage of finger-pointing. Promises were made that what happened in February 2021 would never happen again. And a market redesign that's underway is supposed to be the solution. To better understand what's happening, and what's to come, Episode 24 of the Factor This! podcast features Texas Capitol mainstays Caitlin Smith of Jupiter Power, Mark Stover of Apex Clean Energy, and Doug Lewin, host of Renewable Energy World's Texas Power Podcast. Show notes: -Check out the "Don't California my Texas (electricity market)" episode of the Texas Power Podcast for a deep dive into a highly-anticipated report on the three electricity market redesign proposals.-Read the ICF report commissioned by the Texas Consumer Association Factor This!  is produced by Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Connect with John Engel, the host of Factor This!, on LinkedIn and Twitter.Registration is now open for the GridTECH Connect Forum, a new event bringing together distributed energy developers and utilities to tackle the critical issue of interconnection. Join us in San Diego on Feb. 6, 2023 for an event focused on the California market, like interconnection collaboration, vehicle-to-grid integration, demand response, and more. Learn more at GridTECHConnect.com.

A highly anticipated report on the costs and effectiveness of three proposed reforms to the Texas electricity market is here. And the results aren't great. One of the proposals, which resembles the California electricity market, would increase the cost of Texas electricity by $22.8 billion over the second half of this decade without significantly improving reliability, according to the report. How did we get here, and what's next for ERCOT? Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin is joined this week by Dr. Joshua Rhodes, who is a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, a non-resident fellow at Columbia University, and a founding partner and the CTO of IdeaSmiths LLC.Show notes: -Read the report commissioned by the Texas Consumer Association-Follow Renewable Energy World's Factor This! podcast and join us Monday, 11/7 for a deep dive on the Texas market redesign. If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review!The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

A report says that almost two years later, the Texas electric grid is STILL not ready for extreme winter weather! Is this true? And are you prepared for Snowmeggedon 2.0? We bring in an expert, Doug Lewin of Stoic Energy, to get to the truth. The Rick Roberts Show is on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A clean energy study that says Texas customers have saved $7 Billion so far in 2022 due to wind and solar energy. The report also says that operating costs are lower than with a coal or natural gas power plant. Those plants require fuel to operate, and costs of fuel are high right now. The implication is clear: if we invest more in wind and solar, think of all the money we'll save! Texas gets about one-fourth of it's electricity from wind and solar. Should Texas invest more in renewable energy to keep prices down? Doug Lewin, Founder of Stoic Energy Consulting, looks deeper into the numbers and answers your questions. The Rick Roberts Show is on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas is saddled with a vulnerable energy system: Winter Storm Uri and this summer's extended heat wave proved that. Now, distributed energy resources are getting some attention—finally. State regulators are looking at how aggregated DERs could give the ERCOT grid greater stability. On the table is an 80 MW virtual power plant pilot that could serve as a showcase and building block for a much larger set of DERs. Amy Heart, who leads public policy at Sunrun, helped craft the pilot as a member of the ADER task force. She joins the Texas Power Podcast to discuss lessons learned from past weather events, talk about current market redesign efforts, and offer insights into the future for DERs in Texas. If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review! The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This! You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

We're happy to share with you the first episode of Renewable Energy World's newest podcast, the Texas Power Podcast.In each episode, Doug Lewin guides listeners through the complicated world of Texas energy, introducing them to the people and policies behind it all. In Episode 1 of the Texas Power Podcast, host Doug Lewin is joined by Pat Wood, former chairman of both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. He helped deliver former Texas Gov. George W. Bush's deregulation agenda in the 1990s.Doug's conversation with Pat Wood covered the state's market redesign efforts, the enabling technologies that can support grid resilience, and the moment when then-governor Bush was first drawn to renewables.If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review! The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy.You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Show notes:-Episode article-Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter 

Texas is tackling an energy market redesign not seen in decades. The freeze and subsequent outages from Winter Storm Uri in 2021 left hundreds dead and millions without power. The storm's aftermath also sparked a debate over how to make the ERCOT grid more resilient in the face of extreme weather events and a changing energy mix. On Episode 1 of the Texas Power Podcast, host Doug Lewin is joined by Pat Wood, former chairman of both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. He helped deliver former Texas Gov. George W. Bush's deregulation agenda in the 1990s.Doug's conversation with Pat Wood covered the state's market redesign efforts, the enabling technologies that can support grid resilience, and the moment when then-governor Bush was first drawn to renewables.If you like the Texas Power Podcast, please leave a rating and review! The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Check out our podcast for the solar industry, Factor This!  You can connect with Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Show notes: -Episode article -Subscribe to the free Renewable Energy World newsletter 

ERCOT has issued and appeal for energy conservation today from 2pm-8pm. Although they don't anticipate system-wide outages, they did issue a watch for a "projected reserve capacity shortage." ERCOT is dealing with record high demand for energy: on Saturday it was 77,532 megawatts, and on Friday, the hottest day of the year so far, it was an all-time demand record of 78,418 megawatts. Do we have enough juice to beat the heat? Will we see rolling blackouts? Energy consultant Doug Lewin joins Rick on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas sets another record! This one isn't so good, though. The early heat wave caused a 76,600 megawatt demand on the electric grid! Fortunately, for the most part, the grid is meeting demand. But with all the people moving here from other states (and other countries!), will the grid keep up with demand? Ernie talks to energy consultant Doug Lewin ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As if the price of gas wasn't high enough, get ready for higher electricity prices! Experts say the cost of electricity could be higher than ever this summer. Why? High natural gas prices is one factor. But what about ERCOT? Why are power plants shutting down just when it got hot? Why are they paying plants to keep running instead of taking needed maintenance? And how much can you expect your summer electric bills to be? Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy, joins Rick and says get ready for some summer sticker shock! the Rick Roberts Show is on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been almost a  year since Snowmeggeddon 2021, and North Texas is about to get it's first winter storm. Predictions of snow, freezing rain, and sleet are in store. Will we lose power again? Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy, LLC, says this year's storm won't be as bad as last year, so we all should be fine. But if it were Snowmeggeddon 2.0? Doug joins Rick to tell you how ready ERCOT is for winter! The Rick Roberts Show is on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WBAP's Clayton Neville and Brad Barton gives you the latest updates on the upcoming winter storm. Energy analyst Doug Lewin tells you if ERCOT is ready.... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ernie Brown sits in for Rick Roberts and talks to Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy LLC, about ERCOT and the Texas power grid. Will there be enough juice to get us through the winter? And have you ever had a brush with fame? Ernie takes your calls... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently, on a beautiful fall day, ERCOT was this close to issuing a conservation warning. Wait, what? We're still having power issues? Ernie Brown sits in for Rick Roberts and has some questions. Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy LLC, has answers! If you're wondering if we'll have enough power to get us through the winter, tune in to The Rick Roberts Show on NewsTalk 820 WBAP ... (Photo Courtesy of WFAA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.