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The challenges that transmission operators and utilities face are growing by the day. Integrating renewables, extreme weather, and grid reliability are just a few.On this episode of Alternative Power Plays, Buchanan's John Povilaitis and Brattle's Metin Celebi welcome Dr. Pablo Ruiz, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer at NewGrid, Inc. Ruiz is an electrical engineer with over 15 years of experience in electric power systems analysis, research and software development. He specializes in power system operations and planning, renewable power integration and the modeling, analysis and design of wholesale electricity markets. During the conversation, Ruiz talks about how topology optimization leverages the redundancy in grid networks to find new operational breakthroughs and avoid potential electric crises. He shares insights on NewGrid's work with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and how it's led to both congestion reductions and cost savings. Later, Ruiz discusses the exciting potential of introducing more renewable energies into the grid and how it can be done safely and effectively -- with the help of NewGrid's offerings.To learn more NewGrid, visit: https://newgridinc.com/To learn more about Pablo Ruiz, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablo-ruiz-161a965/To learn more about John Povilaitis, visit: ⁠https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitisTo learn more about Metin Celebi, visit: https://www.brattle.com/experts/metin-celebi/ 

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A nail-spittingly angry Texas Railroad Commissioner, Wayne Christian, tells how big oil has switched sides at the 11th our of the legislative session and joined with the enviro-left to undermine a major bill to firm up the Texas ERCOT electric grid. Click here to see Commissioner Christian's full email and op-ed on the issue.Commissioner Christian also points out how AEP has choked off a rebirth of Texas coal power made possible by the Trump Administration.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Oil and gas drilling rig count down; Texas sales tax collections up.We've seen this movie before – every two years!: Far too many Texas Republican priority bills are being held up in the Texas House. Members are rightly concerned and many fingers are accurately pointing at Rep. Ken King. But remember, the Speaker can fix all of this in a brief moment. House leadership is blocking a vote on banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, says Rep. Money. Again, the Speaker can fix this in a heartbeat if he desires.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

Net-demand energy forecasts are critical for competitive market participants, such as in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and similar markets, for several key reasons. For example, accurate forecasting helps predict when supply-demand imbalances will create price spikes or crashes, allowing traders and generators to optimize their bidding strategies. It's also important for asset optimization. Power generators need to know when to commit resources to the market and at what price levels. Poor forecasting can lead to missed profit opportunities or operating assets when prices don't cover costs. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of producing highly accurate forecasts from the growing amount of meter and weather data that is available. The complex and robust calculations performed by these machine-learning algorithms is well beyond what human analysts are capable of, making advance forecasting systems essential to utilities. Plus, they are increasingly valuable to independent power producers (IPPs) and other energy traders making decisions about their positions in the wholesale markets. Sean Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Amperon, a company that provides AI-powered forecasting solutions, said using an Excel spreadsheet as a forecasting tool was fine back in 2005 when he got started in the business as a power trader, but that type of system no longer works adequately today. “Now, we're literally running at Amperon four to six models behind the scenes, with five different weather vendors that are running an ensemble each time,” Kelly said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. “So, as it gets more confusing, we've got to stay on top of that, and that's where machine learning really kicks in.” The consequences of being ill-prepared can be dire. Having early and accurate forecasts can mean the difference between a business surviving or failing. Effects from Winter Storm Uri offer a case in point. Normally, ERCOT wholesale prices fluctuate from about $20/MWh to $50/MWh. During Winter Storm Uri (Feb. 13–17, 2021), ERCOT set the wholesale electricity price at its cap of $9,000/MWh due to extreme demand and widespread generation failures caused by the storm. This price remained in effect for approximately 4.5 days (108 hours). This 180-fold price increase had devastating financial impacts across the Texas electricity market. The financial fallout was severe. Several retail electricity providers went bankrupt, most notably Griddy Energy, which passed the wholesale prices directly to customers, resulting in some receiving bills of more than $10,000 for just a few days of power. “Our clients were very appreciative of the work we had at Amperon,” Kelly recalled. “We probably had a dozen or so clients at that time, and we told them on February 2 that this was coming,” he said. With that early warning, Kelly said Amperon's clients were able to get out in front of the price swing and buy power at much lower rates. “Our forecasts go out 15 days, ERCOT's forecasts only go out seven,” Kelly explained. “So, we told everyone, ‘Alert! Alert! This is coming!' Dr. Mark Shipham, our in-house meteorologist, was screaming it from the rooftops. So, we had a lot of clients who bought $60 power per megawatt. So, think about buying 60s, and then your opportunity is 9,000. So, a lot of traders made money,” he said. “All LSEs—load serving entities—still got hit extremely bad, but they got hit a lot less bad,” Kelly continued. “I remember one client saying: ‘I bought power at 60, then I bought it at 90, then I bought it at 130, then I bought it at 250, because you kept telling me that load was going up and that this was getting bad.' And they're like, ‘That is the best expensive power I've ever bought. I was able to keep my company as a retail energy provider.' And, so, those are just some of the ways that these forecasts are extremely helpful.”

When you think of innovative advancements in nuclear power technology, places like the Idaho National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology probably come to mind. But today, some very exciting nuclear power development work is being done in West Texas, specifically, at Abilene Christian University (ACU). That's where Natura Resources is working to construct a molten salt–cooled, liquid-fueled reactor (MSR). “We are in the process of building, most likely, the country's first advanced nuclear reactor,” Doug Robison, founder and CEO of Natura Resources, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. Natura has taken an iterative, milestone-based approach to advanced reactor development and deployment, focused on efficiency and performance. This started in 2020 when the company brought together ACU's NEXT Lab with Texas A&M University; the University of Texas, Austin; and the Georgia Institute of Technology to form the Natura Resources Research Alliance. In only four years, Natura and its partners developed a unique nuclear power system and successfully licensed the design. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a construction permit for deployment of the system at ACU last September. Called the MSR-1, ACU's unit will be a 1-MWth molten salt research reactor (MSRR). It is expected to provide valuable operational data to support Natura's 100-MWe systems. It will also serve as a “world-class research tool” to train advanced reactor operators and educate students, the company said. Natura is not only focused on its ACU project, but it is also moving forward on commercial reactor projects. In February, the company announced the deployment of two advanced nuclear projects, which are also in Texas. These deployments, located in the Permian Basin and at Texas A&M University's RELLIS Campus, represent significant strides in addressing energy and water needs in the state. “Our first was a deployment of a Natura commercial reactor in the Permian Basin, which is where I spent my career. We're partnering with a Texas produced-water consortium that was created by the legislature in 2021,” said Robison. One of the things that can be done with the high process heat from an MSR is desalinization. “So, we're going to be desalinating produced water and providing power—clean power—to the oil and gas industry for their operations in the Permian Basin,” said Robison. Meanwhile, at Texas A&M's RELLIS Campus, which is located about eight miles northwest of the university's main campus in College Station, Texas, a Natura MSR-100 reactor will be deployed. The initiative is part of a broader project known as “The Energy Proving Ground,” which involves multiple nuclear reactor companies. The project aims to bring commercial-ready small modular reactors (SMRs) to the site, providing a reliable source of clean energy for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Keith Collins knows electricity markets. After a stint consulting for the New York Independent System Operator, he joined FERC in 2004. After that, he spent years working for the California ISO and the Southwest Power Pool. But it wasn't until he  joined the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) as vice president of commercial operations last summer that he started making waves. Unlike many electricity markets in the U.S., ERCOT is deregulated, and its grid is isolated from other systems. It drew a great deal of attention — and ire from some Texans — after a major grid failure during Winter Storm Uri back in 2021. But now, all eyes are on ERCOT as it turns to battery storage as a way to help meet surging demand for power. This week on With Great Power, Keith explains what makes ERCOT's approach to electricity different from other markets and how the incredible growth of solar generation and battery energy storage systems have changed the Texas grid. They also cover the role of ancillary services and look ahead to how ERCOT's energy mix will continue to evolve.With Great Power is a co-production of GridX and Latitude Studios.  Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. For more reporting on the companies featured in this podcast, subscribe to Latitude Media's newsletter.Credits: Hosted by Brad Langley. Produced by Erin Hardick and Mary Catherine O'Connor. Edited by Anne Bailey. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is executive editor. Sean Marquand composed the original theme song and mixed the show. The Grid X production team includes Jenni Barber, Samantha McCabe, and Brad Langley.

Today we had the honor of hosting Pablo Vegas, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Pablo was appointed as CEO by Governor Abbott in October 2022, after previously serving as Executive Vice President of NiSource and Group President of NiSource Utilities. His previous management roles included senior positions with both American Electric Power and IBM. Pablo also serves on the Global Advisory Board for the Harvard Business School and is a member of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group. ERCOT manages the flow of electricity to over 27 million Texas customers and oversees one of the most unique power grids in the US. We were thrilled to hear Pablo's unique insights on the latest power developments in Texas and across the US. In our conversation, we explore ERCOT's collaboration with international and domestic grid operators to share best practices for managing intermittent resources and ensuring resource adequacy, ERCOT's unique operational advantages, and Texas's projected electricity demand growth by 2030, which equates to adding Germany's current electricity demand. We discuss the reliability risks associated with renewable energy integration, insights into the current state of battery storage capacity, and the need for Texas market design changes to better incentivize the building of more dispatchable power plants. Pablo shares details about the Texas Energy Fund's $5 billion allocation aimed at incentivizing up to 10 gigawatts of dispatchable power, economic hurdles for coal plants as well as combined-cycle gas plants under EPA regulations requiring carbon capture by the end of 2031, opportunities for nuclear energy development, and the lack of clear market pricing signals in ERCOT compared to capacity market spikes in PJM and MISO. We touch on how the new administration might approach power policy, how current federal regulations hinder power sector growth despite incentives for broader economic expansion, and more. We ended by asking Pablo for his predictions for what Texas's generation mix might look like in five years and for the future of ERCOT's connectivity with other grids. We covered a great deal of territory and can't thank Pablo enough for his insights into all these critical topics. Mike Bradley kicked off the show by highlighting that markets remain in “digestion” mode as they continue to react to Trump's Cabinet picks. Over the weekend, Trump nominated Scott Bessent for Secretary of Treasury and markets responded favorably (bond yields dropped) on Monday as many investors believe he'll be more balanced on the tariff front. However, Trump surprised markets a day later by vowing that he'll levy additional tariffs on China (10%) and new import tariffs (25%) on all Canadian & Mexican goods. On the crude oil market front, WTI traded sideways/slightly down over the past week (~$69/bbl) due to a potential ceasefire deal in the Middle East. He noted that the December 1st OPEC meeting will now be virtual. OPEC's leadership will likely look to extend current production curtailments for another three months to get them through the seasonally weak Q1 period. On the natural gas front, U.S. natural gas price in recent weeks has spiked from ~$3.00/MMBtu to ~$3.40/MMBtu due to a colder 6-10-day weather outlook. The real gas story is in Europe where natural gas price in recent weeks has spiked to ~$15/MMBtu due to an early spell of cold weather, lower LNG shipments and extremely low wind generation. On the broader equity market front, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were up just over 1.5% over the last week as they continue to digest Trump Cabinet picks and what policy priorities might be enacted on early in his Presidency. On the energy equity front, the Energy sector was one of the few S&P sectors down last week (~1.5%). He also noted a handful of Energy & Materials sector deals this past week and ended by discussing that the COP29 Conference in Baku c

The chief of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) told state lawmakers recently that the state's power demand could nearly double in just six years. The reasons — population growth, new requests for grid connections, and a rise in requests from data centers and other heavy users. ERCOT chief executive officer Pablo Vegas told lawmakers the grid operator has sharply increased its prediction of power demand in coming years, The Texas Tribune reported. “All of that is putting together a picture of a very significant, different demand growth that is forcing us to really re-think how we're looking at...Article Link

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs are joined by Thomas Gleeson, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), for a discussion on the electricity outlook for Texas this summer. In addition, they highlight the respective roles of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and PUC, the role of the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, and steps that Texans can take to do their part in contributing to grid reliability.--PUC: The PUC is the state agency responsible for economic regulation of Texas' electric, telecommunication, and water and wastewater utilities.The PUC oversees the state's competitive utility markets, implementing legislation and enforcing market rules that guarantee reliability and high-quality infrastructure, including oversight of ERCOT which runs the electric grid for 90% of Texas' power needs. Through rate regulation and consumer assistance, the PUC ensures consumers across the state are treated fairly and receive the benefits of competitive markets.ERCOT: ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to 27 million Texas customers – representing about 90 percent of the state's electric load. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more than 54,100 miles of transmission lines and 1,250 generation units. It also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers retail switching for nearly 8 million premises in competitive choice areas.ERCOT: A Conservation Appeal is an elevated request for Texans to reduce their energy use during peak demand periods when there is a potential to enter emergency operations due to lower reserves. Help from Texans to conserve electricity use, if safe to do so, assists grid reliability.ERCOT: A Voluntary Conservation Notice is a call for Texans to voluntarily reduce energy usage during peak demand periods, if safe to do so. On days when electric demand is high, ERCOT can issue a Voluntary Conservation Notice to help decrease demand while deploying available tools to manage the grid reliably.Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS): TXANS is ERCOT's early notification system ahead of periods of higher electricity demand.TXOGA: TXOGA Statement on PUC's Adoption of an Proposed Order to Develop a Electricity Reliability Plan for the Permian Basin

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: State Rep. Carl Tepper (HD84) joins us to discuss a major story out today from ProPublica and the Texas Tribune which shows that school districts are not complying with the law that says local governments must post candidate campaign finance reports online. Of the 35 districts spot checked, NONE, were complying with the law and worse yet, it seems many candidates in local elections haven't even been submitting campaign finance reports.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Press reports what many of us already knew: Wind, solar, and battery on the Texas ERCOT power grid could cause “immediate catastrophic grid failure.” This report is about the inverters these vendors use and how such systems have simply tripped off-line putting the entire grid in danger.More on the arrests and breaking up of the Anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations at UT Austin.Lynn County hospital district bond issue: A Pratt on Texas Listener Club member has provided me with the hospital's latest audit which showed “material” and “significant” weaknesses in its accounting.See my Lubbock voter recommendations here.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The calendar indicates that winter starts Thursday, Dec. 21, temperatures have dipped down toward the freezing mark at least once this month, and the Floresville Electric Light & Power System (FELPS) has plans in place to face whatever might come. FELPS, GVEC, and Karnes Electric Cooperative recently notified customers about what load shedding — controlled blackouts during peak demand periods — could mean to them. This is consistent with other electrical power companies in 90 percent of the state who are part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid, who must work together to ensure adequate power to...Article Link

Torna lo spam su Bitcoin con una nuova corsa agli Ordinals e ai token BRC-20. Analizziamo cosa sta succedendo sulle mempool e cerchiamo di capire cosa c'è dietro questa nuova moda.Inoltre: ecco Sophon, l'exploit per bruciare sul nascere i token BRC-20, la Human Rights Foundation lancia il suo CBDC tracker, tutto il marcio sotto gli ETF su Ethereum, e salutiamo affettuosamente Brad Jones, il CEO bitcoiner di Texas ERCOT che ci ha prematuramente lasciati.It's showtime!

Representative Jared Patterson joins the Seeing Red podcast to discuss the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the power infrastructure failure during Winter Storm Uri.  Patterson highlights the changes made since the storm, including new board members and regulatory bodies, mandated winterization requirements, and incentives for reliable power generation. He also addresses concerns about electric vehicles and emphasizes the importance of nuclear and natural gas as reliable energy sources.Follow us on the Seeing Red Podcast

The agency that operates the power grid for much of the state asked Texans to conserve energy use several times last week as the grid was beset with high demand and low wind-power generation, according to the Austin American- Statesman. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked electric users to reduce energy use as the state continues to face a tenacious heat wave. Demand on the grid operated by ERCOT has record levels 10 times this summer. The system has held up to the strain to this point. Any outages across the state have been local and caused...Article Link

Due to forecasted higher temperatures, higher demand, and the potential for lower reserves, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use today — Aug. 17 — from 3-8 p.m., if safe to do so. Excessive Heat Warnings have been expanded for this afternoon and evening by the National Weather Service-Austin/SanAntonio, with high temperatures of 101 to 109 forecast. This Voluntary Conservation Notice is part of ERCOT's Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS), which alerts the public of grid conditions. It is requesting all government agencies — including city and county offices — to implement all programs...Article Link

The Texas power grid has had a volatile few years. As temperatures in the Lone Star State soared earlier this summer, power prices spiked to nearly $5,000 per megawatt-hour. However, that eye-watering price tag paled in comparison to what happened after Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, when per-MWh prices hit a staggering $9,000. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) has a grid structure unlike any other in the US, but equally unique are some of its solutions for handling grid flexibility. On today's show, Dana speaks with Thomas Rowlands-Rees, BNEF's Head of Research for North America, and BNEF Associate for US Power Nathalie Limandibhratha. Together they discuss the way ERCOT operates, how Bitcoin mines are impacting grid flexibility and the state's growing renewable energy rollout. Complimentary BNEF research on the trends driving the transition to a lower-carbon economy can be found at BNEF on the Bloomberg Terminal, on bnef.com or on the BNEF mobile app. Links to research notes from this episode: Texas Is Sizzling, But Renewables Keep Power Prices Cool Ercot Market Outlook: Everything Depends on BitcoinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Honorable “Bill” Flores is an entrepreneur, business visionary, and public policy leader. In early 2021, he transitioned from public service to reengage in the private sector through board membership, as well as to invest more time with family and community activities. For 10 years, Congressman Flores served in the US House of Representatives from 2011 and 2021 – serving on a number of high-level committees.Bill currently serves as Independent Director and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).Bill has a BBA with Honors in Accounting from Texas A&M University in College Station and an MBA from Houston Christian University. He is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas and as a FAA Instrument-Rated Pilot. Bill is a proud ninth-generation. He is married to Gina; they have two adult sons, Will and John; and four wonderful grandchildren. Gina and Bill reside in Bryan, Texas.Chasing What Matters Instagram

Howdy, Ags! In today's electric episode, we are speaking with Nathan Vajdos ‘98 from Regis Energy Partners! Tune in as Nathan expands on how Regis Energy has navigated through explosive growth, focusing on speed and simplicity, and the window of opportunity. For more information, check out Regis Energy Partners' website. Thank you for joining us! About   Regis Energy Partners is an independent battery energy storage system (BESS) developer for grid-scale projects in the Texas ERCOT territory.  Timestamps: [00:00 - 01:14] Intro [01:15 - 02:21] The Student Body Common Bond [02:22 - 03:23] The Spotlight from Winter Storm Uri  [03:24 - 08:38] Supporting ERCOT [08:44- 10:27] Focusing On Dependable Items & Standardized Designs  [10:28 - 15:22] Development and Capital Strategy [15:23 - 18:50] Successful Company Values [18:51 - 22:32] BHAG [22:35 - 26:57] Lightning Round [26:58 - 28:27] Connect w/ Nathan  [28:28 - 31:22] Chris and Greg's Takeaways [31:23 - 32:34] Outro Resources: Website:                https://regis-energy.com/     AGH Website:        https://www.aggiegrowthhacks.com/   Connect with Greg and Chris! Apple: http://bit.ly/AGH-Apple Spotify: http://bit.ly/AggieGH Stitcher: http://bit.ly/AGH-Stitch Podbean: http://bit.ly/AGH-PB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZx9NMwnBXs5RWC3Rwqkpw

Customer Experience in a Deregulated Electricity Market This week we welcome Katherine Wright to the Digitally Irresistible podcast. Katherine is co-founder and senior vice president of customer experience at Energy Texas, a retail electricity provider in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market. Electricity has been deregulated in the ERCOT market, where the consumer chooses their electricity provider.  The ERCOT market includes about 85% of Texas, including the cities of Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and much of West Texas. Utilities that were in place when deregulation went into effect, about 20 years ago, manage the infrastructure, poles, and wires. They also read the meters. Independent retail electricity providers (REPs) like Energy Texas manage customer relationships.  When a customer opens, revises, or closes their electricity account, they do it with their REP. When they experience an outage, they contact the utility. On this episode, we explore how Energy Texas differentiates their brand through innovative products and programs, competitive pricing, and excellent customer service. Giving Retail Electricity Customers Texas-sized Options to Choose From Katherine describes herself as a serial entrepreneur. In addition to Energy Texas, she co-founded Bounce Energy in 2004, which a large competitor bought in 2013.  Katherine and her co-founders formed Energy Texas in May of 2020. Nine months later, Winter Storm Uri caused blackouts throughout Texas. Uri's impact forced some REPs to leave the retail electric business.  In the aftermath of Uri, Katherine and her co-founders recognized an opportunity to enter the market and provide innovative, creative products to their customers. Giving their customers choices differentiates Energy Texas from most of its competition. Katherine wears multiple hats in her operational role. Her favorite is creating meaningful relationships with customers by doing things differently than traditional utilities and the bigger REPS. Energy Texas does that by offering flexible pricing plans, ensuring that the reality of every plan is as good as advertised and making every customer experience as easy as possible. These four programs demonstrate how Katherine takes the company's ideals and customer experience strategy and turns them into Texas-sized options for their customers. Peak Perks Program Energy Texas launched the Peak Perks Program with fresh memories of Winter Storm Uri that stretched the Texas electric grid beyond capacity. This program gives customers an opportunity to help prevent a similar crisis from happening and save money at the same time. Customers who sign up for Peak Perks volunteer to reduce their electrical consumption during peak load events. If they're able to reduce their consumption during the event by at least 10% (based on their usage in a similar time period), they receive a 10% discount on their bill. To make the customer experience as easy as possible, Energy Texas alerts them in their online My Account that the company has called a peak load event. The alert includes tips and helpful insights covering appropriate ways to reduce consumption during the peak event. Everybody wins. The customer can get a discount for using less energy, Energy Texas keeps them satisfied by telling them how to use less energy, and the grid is under less strain.  Giddy Up Guarantee At energytexas.com you'll see rates based on average or greater electrical consumption. Energy Texas tracks their competitors' rates and offers their rates at a discount. The Giddy Up Guarantee program enables Energy Texas to offer an additional discount to new, energy-efficient customers. Energy Texas knows how much electricity a new customer is likely to consume by reviewing their history. Most electrical meters in Texas are smart meters that send meter readings to the utility digitally. No one is needed to go out to the resident's home to read the meter. Since the utility that handles metering is different from the REP that sells the electricity, Energy Texas has access to consumers' meter readings history.  When a new energy-efficient consumer signs up with Energy Texas, they send the customer an email inviting them to take advantage of an additional discount.   An additional discount like that is sure to put a little giddy up in their customer onboarding.  Freedom Flex Freedom Flex is for customers who want the flexibility to cancel their energy service if it doesn't offer the lowest market rates. With Freedom Flex, customers pay a nominal monthly fee. They have the freedom to cancel their contract and sign a new one as frequently as every 30 days.  So, if a Freedom Flex customer signed a contract for a rate that was low, and now contract rates have gone even lower, they have the freedom to cancel their current contract and sign a new contract at the lower rate. Another customer might have a few months left on their low-rate contract when they see in their My Account that rates have been trending up for the last three months. They might want to cancel their contract now and sign a new contract for a somewhat higher rate to avoid paying an even higher rate after their contract expires.  Freedom Flex doesn't guarantee customers they're always getting the lowest rate, but it does give them the freedom to choose. Sun Jacinto Solar Buyback Program The State of Texas doesn't have rules governing if or how utilities and REPs compensate solar panel owners for the extra power they generate and then feed to the grid.   Most REPs that offer a solar buyback program compensate their customers for electricity they feed to the grid at a lower rate than the REP charges them for the electricity they use.  The Sun Jacinto Solar Buyback Program stands out because it compensates customers at the identical rate that they pay the REP. For example, if a customer puts a thousand excess kilowatt-hours back on the grid and has an energy rate of five cents per kilowatt-hour, they'll get a $50 bill credit.  The credit comes right off the month's bill, and in any month where the customer's bill is less than the credits they've earned, the credits carry over until they're used up.  Tex-cellent, Easy-to-Use Customer Experiences  Another one of Katherine's most important and rewarding tasks has been to lead the technical effort to include the website and self-service options for their customers. These are all accessible in the customer portal, easy to use, and save customers from having to wait on hold, speak with an agent, or write emails.   The customer-centric nature of everything she's accomplished at Energy Texas makes it easy to realize why the founders' mantra is to treat customers as they would like to be treated. They call it Tex-cellent customer service. What Katherine Does for Fun Katherine has three primary outlets for fun. For her family, travel is the thing. They went to England and Scotland for Christmas in 2022, and are planning to fly to Boston and do a New England road trip in the summer of 2023. For herself, Katherine is a big foodie and, as she describes herself, “a Pilates machine.”   To learn more about Katherine and Energy Texas, you'll find her on LinkedIn, and Energy Texas on their website, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Watch the video here.  Read the blog post here.  

Bitcoin miners and climate change lunatics combined forces and nearly took down the Texas power grid during a cold snap two days before Christmas. Time to stop playing nice with these dipsticks. They nearly killed thousands of people this Christmas. Before we completely obliterate the Texas Bitcoin mining industry, let's first quickly destroy the brainwashed climate change conspiracy theorists with one chart.Check out the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT's) fuel mix for the Texas power grid on Christmas Eve Eve:On a day when Texas shattered the peak record for most electricity ever used during the winter, solar and wind combined to generate a puny 3.9% of the Texas power grid fuel mix.Natural gas, coal and nuclear provided over 95% of the power. Just like during the Snowpocalypse Power Outage of February 2021, the unreliable green energy sources once again s**t the bed at the crunch time. Same thing happened the very next night. Wind and solar power decided to take the night off on Christmas Eve - as temperatures plummeted and electric use soared. The Ghost of Christmas Future paid Teddy a visit on Christmas Eve, and showed me a horrifying vision of Christmas 2032 where we all froze to death in our wind turbine-powered homes because we failed to properly handle these art-destroying climate wackos who claim to know how weather works. U.S. government's current energy plan: We can rapidly accelerate the transition from a fossil fuel-based existence to an uncertain green energy nightmare by passing new laws, clicking our heels three times and wishing it all magically comes true. Imagine the total chaos, carnage and death on America's roadways last week during the Winter Storm Elliot bomb cyclone, if millions of Americans traveling for Christmas were forced to drive electric cars in freezing temperatures?From today's WSJ (via Apple News): “When temperatures drop to 5 degrees Fahrenheit, the cars achieve only 54% of their quoted range. A vehicle that's supposed to be able to go 250 miles between charges will make it only 135 miles on average. At 32 degrees—a typical winter day in much of the country—a Tesla Model 3 that in ideal conditions can go 282 miles between charges will make it only 173 miles.””Imagine if the 100 million Americans who took to the road over the holidays were driving electric cars. How many would have been stranded as temperatures plunged? There wouldn't be enough tow trucks—or emergency medics—for people freezing in their cars.”What happens if the only charging station on your 180 mile route to Grandma's house is out of order, and your Tesla can only travel for 173 miles when it's cold outside?In a few short years, we will call this “death by virtue-signaling”. Let's move on to these greedy Texas Bitcoin Mining b******s: Teddy sounded the alarm about these energy-sucking tapeworms back in May: * Bitcoin Mining and Tesla Charging Could Take Down the Texas Power Grid (May 20, 2022)* Texas Bitcoin Miners Insist They Are Making the Power Grid Stronger. Guess Who Pays For the Upgrades? (May 21, 2022)NOTE TO SELF: Maybe the reason why Elon Musk still hasn't restored your Twitter account at underscore Teddy Brosevelt is because of that headline where you said Telsa charging could take down the Texas power grid.Texas governor Greg Abbott invited the world's bitcoin miners to come to Texas to waste gigawatts of our precious power to solve math problems that generate digital tokens that have no intrinsic value. Calling this idea “totally f*****g stupid” would be a gross understatement. ERCOT says they expect 5 to 6 gigawatts of new power demand from bitcoin miners over the next 12 to 15 months. But their long-term projections keep increasing. * April 2022: ERCOT says that bitcoin miners representing about 17 Gigawatts worth of electricity use had contacted the state about prospective operations.* July 2022: ERCOT says crypto miners will need 27 Gigawatts * August 2022: ERCOT says we will need 33 gigawatts of power for bitcoin mining. Energy researchers say that adding this much power load to the Texas electrical grid in such a short time frame is “astronomically impossible”. Now ERCOT's latest projections project that bitcoin mining will add 33 gigawatts of load to the grid. That's the size of Florida or New York's grid. Right now, the Texas power grid is struggling to meet 74 gigawatts of peak demand on a 15 degree winter day when the sun is down and the wind stops blowing. And these clowns at ERCOT and the Texas state government are moving ahead with plans to add 33 extra gigawatts of load to this shaky-ass grid for what?Mining digital Ponzi scheme tokens? You gotta be KIDDING ME! Here's my question: Right now, ERCOT says that industrial scale bitcoin miners account for two gigawatts of power right now. And another two gigawatts for crypto mining companies are coming online. But they have pending “applications” from other bitcoin mining companies to suck up another 33 gigawatts of power. The crypto industry is not exactly known for its honesty, morals and ethics. How many of these bitcoin mining companies have just set up a warehouse and started mining already - without asking permission or waiting for their “application” to be approved?The only reason why these unscrupulous bitcoin miners would wait to get official approval from ERCOT is so they can get paid more for shutting down. In July 2022, Texas bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain made $5.6 mining bitcoins. But ERCOT paid them double that ($9.5 million) to shut down. Somehow ERCOt has created an incentive program where it's twice as lucrative to STOP WORK AND SHUT DOWN than keep mining for coins. Name one other industry or profession where you get paid double your salary for not coming into work. Does this sound like some sort of scam? Yeah it does. And that's because it's THE BIGGEST F*****G SCAM IN HISTORY. The reason why these Texas Bitcoin mining companies are getting away with murder is the same reason why Scam Bankman-Fraud is spending the holidays at Mom and Dad's mansion in Palo Alto instead of a prison cell. They gave huge sums of money (“political donations”) to powerful people in charge.And they nearly plunged 30 million Texans into a survival situation with no power during freezing temperatures. Thousands of people would have died in Texas this Christmas season due to reckless idiocy. Keep in mind, Texas is bending over backwards for an industry that will be dead by 2040.No more than 21 million bitcoin can ever be minted. And miners have already extracted 19.2 million coins.The number of bitcoins available for mining halves every four years. Right now roughly 900 bitcoin are created every day. With only 1.7 million bitcoin left to be mined, the bitcoin mining industry will not exist by 2040.So with the clock ticking and the price of bitcoin now hovering around $16,500, these greedy bitcoin mining b******s definitely feel a sense of urgency to move down to Texas and start sucking down gigawatts now. They aren't waiting for permission or ERCOT's approval. ERCOT predicted this summer that peak power during the winter in an extreme event would reach around 67 gigawatts. It turned out to be 74 gigawatts. Take a wild guess why ERCOT underestimated peak energy demand by 7 gigawatts. Gee, I wonder who was using all that extra power that put us in peril? Thanks for reading Teddy Brosevelt! Subscribe for free to receive new posts + podcasts and support my work. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Episode #40 of ‘The Teddy Brosevelt Show' was recorded over 48 hours ago. But I've been sitting it on for two days now, after getting stuck in the weeds writing this long-ass post about the despicable crypto and climate cretins who almost killed thousands of Texas grandmas this Christmas. Teddy's Substack New Year's Resolution is to separate the podcast from these long posts.Starting with Episode #41, I'm going to make the podcast posts short and sweet, with a quick bulleted list of show topics. Speaking of bulleted lists of topics, Episode #40 isn't all about the Texas grid going down. MORE EPISODE #40 TOPICS: * Last December, Joe Biden warned unvaccinated Americans that we were facing a winter of severe illness and death. This December, it appears the exact opposite is true. The more vaccine shots you get, the more your immune system experiences irreversible damage. Read this: “The trainwreck of all trainwrecks: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response” * Teddy analyzes the differences between Winston Churchill's address to Congress in 1941 and last week's surprise speech delivered by a short little sweatshirt-wearing man from Ukraine, who has already received $110 Billion in financial aid from the USA and says it's still not enough. Putin is like Hitler and Japan during World War II. If we don't give Ukraine another $110 Billion, Putin will try to conquer the world and he's coming for us next or something. * Ron Paul: “The USA has given Ukraine $110 million - that's two times the size of the entire military budget of Russia.” * The $1.7 Trillion Pelosi-Schumer Omnibus Spending Bill is 4,155 pages long. A regular King James Bible with standard font and spacing is 1,200 pages long. So three Bibles worth of pork.* The Omnibus bill specifically says money CANNOT be spent to secure our southern border with Mexico. But we earmark hundreds of millions for countries like Egypt and Jordan to protect their borders. We are giving $45 billion to Ukraine to protect their border. It's almost like a hostile foreign takeover of our government. Our corrupt and controlled opposition “elected officials” are sending billions of our tax dollars overseas as the cost of living here in America keeps getting steeper. Episode #40 of ‘The Teddy Brosevelt Show' was recorded live at the HA-HA Factory in Austin, Texas on Monday evening, December 26, 2022. We've got fresh new intro music for this show. The outro features several new beats we created over Christmas. Thanks for subscribing to the Substack and podcast! Merry Christmas! Subscribe and listen to ‘The Teddy Brosevelt Show' podcast on all major streaming platforms:* Spotify* iHeartRadio* Apple Podcasts* TuneIn Radio* SubstackP.S. Every American needs to read ALL The Twitter Files.THE TWITTER FILES Part 1: The Twitter Files, Dec 2, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)* Twitter Files Supplemental thread explaining FBI interference in Twitter Files dumps, Dec 6, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blacklists, Dec 9, 2022 - Bari Weiss (archive)Part 3: The Removal of Donald Trump, Part 1: October 2020 - January 6th, Dec 9, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)Part 4: The Removal of Donald Trump: January 7th, Dec 10, 2022 - Michael Shellenberger (archive)Part 5: The Removal of Trump From Twitter, Dec 12, 2022 - Bari Weiss (archive)Part 6: Twitter, The FBI Subsidiary, Dec 16, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)* Twitter Files Supplemental thread detailing more FBI involvement, Dec 14, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)Part 7: The FBI & The Hunter Biden Laptop, Dec 19, 2022 - Michael Shellenberger (archive)Part 8: How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon's Covert Online PsyOp Campaign, Dec 20, 2022 - Lee Fang (archive)Part 9: Twitter and "Other Government Agencies", Dec 24, 2022 - Matt Taibbi (archive)Part 10: How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate", Dec 26, 2022 - David Zweig (archive) This is a public episode. 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The Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, according to a letter given to the January 6 committee and reviewed by The Intercept. The letter was originally sent by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to the House and Senate homeland security committees. Though the Secret Service maintains that the text messages were lost as a result of a “device-replacement program,” the letter says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the agency's electronic communications. The temperatures in Texas and the Southern Plains are about to be turned up during an already historically hot summer. Next week, some areas of interior Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas may see their highest temperatures yet, with predicted highs peaking between 102 to 107 degrees. The core of the heat may concentrate along and just west of the populous Interstate 35 corridor, affecting San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Wichita. The heat will ratchet up just days after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) twice issued conservation appeals (Monday and Wednesday), its power supply pushed to the brink. The state's beleaguered grid is sure to be tested again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, according to a letter given to the January 6 committee and reviewed by The Intercept. The letter was originally sent by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to the House and Senate homeland security committees. Though the Secret Service maintains that the text messages were lost as a result of a “device-replacement program,” the letter says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the agency's electronic communications. The temperatures in Texas and the Southern Plains are about to be turned up during an already historically hot summer. Next week, some areas of interior Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas may see their highest temperatures yet, with predicted highs peaking between 102 to 107 degrees. The core of the heat may concentrate along and just west of the populous Interstate 35 corridor, affecting San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Wichita. The heat will ratchet up just days after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) twice issued conservation appeals (Monday and Wednesday), its power supply pushed to the brink. The state's beleaguered grid is sure to be tested again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Support the SHOW https://www.buymeacoffee.com/derekosheashowWANT A MUG WITH MY FACE ON IT?https://store.streamelements.com/theoneminutenewsAvoid charging YOUR TELSA during peak hours says the Government #telsa #greenenergy #texas Source:https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2022/04/25/electric-austin-travis-county-tops-texas-electric-vehicle-ownership/7368608001/Statewide, about 121,500 electric vehicles have been registered — equating to just 0.5% of all 23.68 million vehicles in Texas. As with the raw numbers, Travis County leads the state in terms of its proportion of electric vehicles, at 1.8% of the total registered here.- Bob Sechlerhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/tesla-asks-texans-to-limit-charging-cars-during-heat-wave-as-wind-power-slows“The grid operator recommends to avoid charging during peak hours between 3pm and 8pm, if possible, to help statewide efforts to manage demand,” the alert added.On Monday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — which operates the state's power grid — asked residents to conserve energy between the hours of 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm local time by not using heavy appliances during that timeframe.Texas uses a mix of fossil fuels and renewables to keep its electrical grid running. When major heat waves move through the state, wind power is often decreased due to a change in pressure in the atmosphere. Thus, the state's wind turbines are failing to produce the necessary amount of energy to keep the grid operating without significant problems. - DWSUPPORT THE SHOW : https://streamelements.com/theoneminutenews/tipPolitically Homeless Daily Comedy News Show#breakingnews #politics #politicallyhomelessEmail: derekosheashow@gmail.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/derekosheashowRumble  : https://rumble.com/c/c-624233Podcast Audio Webpage: https://derekosheashow.buzzsprout.comApple Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/derek-oshea-show-comedy-news-show/id1508917484Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3BNCK8HjbDOtyOlHMOVGTXOdysee: https://odysee.com/@DerekOsheaShowWebsite : https://theoneminutenews.wixsite.com/derekosheashowTwitter: https://twitter.com/DerekOsheaShowInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/derekosheashow/Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/LgKyzhcXmm52/Gab: https://gab.com/TheOneMinuteNewsFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/DerekOsheaShowTikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@derekosheashow?Breaking News Live,Breaking News Today,electric car,tesla model 3,tesla supercharger,tesla motors,charging electric vehicles,charging electric vehicle at home,charging electric vehicle cost,charging electric vehicles from solar energy,charging electric vehicles at work,texas tesla charging stations,Green Energy in Texas,Electric Cars cant charge due to green energy,avoid charging your tesla at peak hours,Political Satire,elon musk,Elon Musk TexasSupport the show

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Show #1527 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Sunday 10th July, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. BYD SEAL REPORTEDLY TO BE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN CHINA ON JULY 18 "Pre-orders for the BYD Seal began on May 20 with a starting price of RMB 212,800 ($31,860) and orders reached 22,637 units within seven hours. Citing unnamed BYD dealer sources, several local media outlets today said the BYD Seal will officially go on sale in China on July 18. The BYD Seal, the second model in the company's Ocean series after the Dolphin, is the first to use BYD's CTB (cell to body) technology, which allows the battery to be integrated into the body. The standard range version of the BYD Seal comes with a 150-kW rear motor and the long-range version with a 230-kW rear motor. Its 4WD performance version has a total front and rear motor power of 390 kW and accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds. The Seal is expected to be the most important model in BYD's history, the team said, adding that with reference to Model 3 sales, they expect the model's steady-state monthly sales to exceed 30,000 units." Original Source: https://cnevpost.com/2022/07/09/byd-seal-reportedly-to-be-officially-launched-in-china-on-july-18/ XPENG P7 FIRST DRIVE REVIEW: CHINA'S (BETTER-BUILT) TESLA MODEL S "The latest XPeng P7 is one of three EVs the automaker now has on sale in China, all built on the company's own platforms and featuring its own end-to-end software architecture. The P7 is already being marketed in Norway, and XPeng plans to launch the sedan in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands in the second quarter of 2023.  The XPeng P7 is built on a bespoke EV platform, known internally as "Edward," that was co-developed with Porsche. It's a conventional skateboard design, with multi-link suspension front and rear and an 80 kWh battery pack between the axles. XPeng claims a range of up to 329 miles on the WLTP test cycle for the RWD Long Range, and a 0-60 mph acceleration time of less than 6.9 seconds. Claimed WLTP range for the 4WD High Performance is up to 292 miles, with a claimed 0-60 mph acceleration time of less than 4.5 seconds.  the XPeng P7 is one of the most impressive new cars we've driven this year. In Norway, the XPeng P7 4WD High Performance costs less than two-thirds the price of a dual-motor Tesla Model S Long Range. In U.S. dollars, using the conversion rate current at the time of writing, that would make it a $53,000 car. EV powertrains are inherently smooth and quiet, and deliver plenty of easy driving torque. There are no pesky calibration issues in terms of driveability or to meet emissions and fuel economy targets. Making a car that's instantly competitive with mainstream rivals from established automakers has never been easier." Original Source: https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/xpeng-p7-first-drive-review/ TESLA MODEL Y REGAINS TITLE OF BEST SELLING SUV IN CHINA IN JUNE "Tesla regained its dominance in the world's largest EV market in June, with sales surging back in China for the Tesla Model Y after being badly affected by the Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown in April and May. According to data published over the weekend by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) and reported by CnEVPost, Model Y sales in China reached 52,150 through June, up nearly five fold from the 11,623 models sold in June 2021.  The Tesla Model Y blew away all its competition, with the next closest SUV model the BYD Song, which only sold 31,787 units in June. Looking at the first six months of 2022 in China, SUV sales were led by the BYD Song with 162,573 units sold. The Tesla Model Y was in second place with 133,666, thanks to the closure of its Shanghai gigafactory in April." Original Source: https://thedriven.io/2022/07/12/tesla-model-y-regains-title-of-best-selling-suv-in-china-in-june/ TESLA WANTS TO SHOW POWERWALL OWNERS CAN HELP ERCOT DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS " It's hard to believe it's been almost two and a half years since the deadly winter storm that passed through Texas. Since then, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has been under scrutiny from households across the state. ERCOT doesn't allow batteries to send power to the grid unless it has extra energy not used by the owner. Tesla is asking ERCOT for a rule change, and wants its powerwall customers in Texas to take action. According to Tesla's website, it won't leave powerwall owners with less than 20% power to use for their homes.  Tesla is asking powerwall owners to show ERCOT that a virtual power plant, also known as a "powerwall fleet," could help in extreme cases, like during a winter storm or with extra demand during the Texas summer heat." Original Source: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/07/08/tesla-wants-to-show-powerwall-owners-can-help-ercot-during-extreme-weather-events- NETWORK RAIL ADDS 450 EV CHARGE POINTS AT STATIONS ACROSS THE UK "Network Rail, which owns and operates most of the railway network in the UK, has installed 452 new EV charging points at car parks at railway stations. The company aims to equip ten per cent of its car parking spaces, about 779 bays, by March 2024. The most recent installations include 160 charging points in Reading, 111 in Manchester, 84 in Edinburgh, 56 in Leeds and 41 in Welwyn Garden City. Compleo has delivered the columns marked with green parking bays, and passengers can pay via the APCOA Connect app." Original Source: https://www.electrive.com/2022/07/09/network-rail-adds-450-ev-charge-points-at-stations-across-the-uk/ ELECTRIC VEHICLES 'COULD BE AS CHEAP AS COMBUSTION-ENGINE CARS' WITH THESE TAX BREAKS Australia's electric vehicle (EV) uptake is lagging, but tax experts say they have a "silver bullet solution" that would both drive sales and help increase the supply of cheaper second-hand EVs. Prepared by tax experts from Monash and Griffith universities, the report describes a woeful situation: business fleets (which include both government and company vehicles) account for 40 per cent of light vehicle sales, but almost none of these are EVs. Of the more than 600,000 passenger vehicles and light SUVs sold to business fleets in 2020, only 488 were EVs. If the business could claim the full cost of the EV as a tax deduction (known as "instant asset write-off"), it would save about $11,000 over three years. with the addition of purchase incentives from various states and territories, either as subsidies or rebates on registration, the price gap vanished. In 2001, Norway made EV sales exempt from its equivalent of the GST (which is higher than ours, at 25 per cent). Of the 469,000 organisations in Australia with a fleet of more than two cars, only about 1,000 have more than 250 cars in a fleet." Original Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-07-06/electric-vehicle-uptake-tax-reform-race-for-2030-report/101210180 GOVERNMENT EV CHARGING FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR FLEETS AND WORKPLACE Simon Tate, Sales Director at Mer UK: "Reliable and affordable charging infrastructure is key to that transition, and to help meet the growing demand, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has funding available. the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) provides financial support towards the cost of purchasing and installing workplace charge points. The scheme allows for up to £350 per charging socket (maximum of 40 sockets) up to a value of £14,000. To be eligible for the scheme you must be a registered UK business, charity, or public sector organisation; have off-street parking; and own the property or have consent from the landlord to install the charge points. Businesses can also use the WCS to fund the upgrade of charge points older than three years. The funding can't be used for repairs. It must be a new charge point that's installed and the 40 socket limit still applies. As of 1 April 2022, the WCS has funded the installation of 26,424 sockets in workplace car parks and depots since the scheme started in 2016. aunched in April of this year, we have the EV infrastructure grant for staff and fleets. It's aimed at small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) and has been designed to help organisations plan for the future demand of low emission vehicles.  SMEs can get up to £850 for each private parking space that the charging infrastructure and charge point is required for. £500 for the supporting electrical work and £350 towards the actual EV charger.  Each grant application can be up to a maximum of £15,000." Original Source: https://transportandenergy.com/2022/07/05/government-ev-charging-funding-available-for-fleets-and-workplace/ QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM QOTW is taking a break for a while. 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This week on The Texan's “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses what there is to see at the Texas GOP Convention, Mayra Flores flipping a congressional district in South Texas red, Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo's response to national scrutiny, the role of guns in the Texas governor's race, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dade Phelan's cooperation on school safety proposals, Senator Cornyn's bipartisan gun control deal, a federal judge striking down the Biden administration's lenient deportation guidelines, the Texas ERCOT grid surviving triple-digit temperatures, a court petition to remove the Midland County district attorney, and a West Texas operation to rescue 70 child victims of human trafficking.  Got questions for the reporting team? Email editor@thetexan.news — they just might be answered on a future podcast.

There are a lot of things we take for granted, spouses, your pet's affection, food at the grocery store, and most of all the electricity when you flip the switch. When any of those are missing we feel a tremendous negative hit on our personal well-being. Well, now that we are in a worldwide energy crisis the spotlight shines (pun) on electricity when it does not come on and the upcoming food shortage. I was fortunate enough to have Rob Allerman, Senior Director Power Analytics, Enverus, stop by the ENB podcast. We planned for this to be at the Enverus Evolve conference and recorded shortly after. We talk about ERCOT, lessons learned, and earned. Rob brings our fantastic points about how renewables, fossil fuels, and nuclear all play their parts in the Texas ERCOT energy system. Thank you Rob for stopping by the ENB podcast, and a shout out to Jon for setting this up. Please follow Rob on his LinkedIn and check out Enverus for all things energy data. 

In February 2021, a severe cold weather event, known as Winter Storm Uri, caused numerous power outages, derates, or failures to start at electric generating plants scattered across Texas and the south-central U.S. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the power supply for about 90% of the load in Texas, ordered a total of 20,000 MW of rolling blackouts in an effort to prevent grid collapse. According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), this was “the largest manually controlled load shedding event in U.S. history.” More than 4.5 million people in Texas lost power—some for as long as four days. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information reported that the event resulted in 226 deaths nationwide and cost an estimated $24 billion. There has been a lot of finger pointing surrounding the blackouts that occurred. Several studies have been done into the causes, including one spearheaded by FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), and NERC's regional entities. The key finding from the FERC/NERC report was that a critical need exists “for stronger mandatory electric reliability standards, particularly with respect to generator cold weather-critical components and systems.” The study found that a combination of freezing issues (44.2%) and fuel issues (31.4%) caused 75.6% of the unplanned generating unit outages, derates, and failures to start. But Bernard McNamee, a former FERC commissioner, and current partner with the law firm McGuireWoods and a senior advisor at McGuireWoods Consulting, suggested the study missed the real cause of the problem. Speaking as a guest on The POWER Podcast, McNamee said, “I think the reality is, is that there was a market design problem in Texas, and that was that, as you had more subsidized resources driving down the overall cost of power, you're not providing enough financial incentive for other dispatchable resources to harden their systems—winterize their systems—to be available when the wind wasn't blowing or the sun wasn't shining.” McNamee didn't blame power generators for being ill-prepared. He suggested they simply made decisions based on cost-benefit analysis. “Why would you [spend money on weatherization] if you're a natural gas company or generator and you think you're going to make most of your money, you know, five to 10 days in the summer? You're not expecting to operate in the winter and make money, [so] why would you spend the capital that you're not going to be able to recover?” McNamee asked. “I think that the market design is something that has not been talked about enough [and] was one of the leading causes of what happened,” McNamee said. “I think what happened in the winter storm in Texas, and what happened in August of 2020 in California, were really warning signs for the rest of the country about how we really need to pay attention to market design, and maybe costs that aren't being priced into the market but that are necessary for reliability.” However, McNamee also doesn't blame the growth of renewable resources for the problem. “It doesn't mean that wind and solar are bad. They provide some great benefits,” he said. “It's not that one resource is good or bad. It's thinking about how does the system all work together, so it's there when you need it 24/7. And it can't be, ‘Well, on average, the power will be available.' It's got to be available every moment.”

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: What does Texas ERCOT electric grid, severe cold or hot weather, and Texas public school STAAR tests have to do with each other? A lot more than you might think and it's time the anti-accountability in public education people drop their “high stakes testing” and other rhetoric and grow up. Life if full of “high stakes” situations at every level and if everyone else must be at work to prevent loss of lives, teachers and students are little different.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Newest statewide polling, there are two out, show no real surprises. That and more in the campaign stack.Texas law related to boycotts of Israel suffers predicted problem in federal court.Texas manufacturing, service, and retail sector economic update from the Dallas Fed.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

In this episode, our CEO John Feddersen is joined by Peter Cramton, Professor of Economics at the University of Cologne to discuss the future of power markets. Peter is one of the world's foremost experts on electricity systems economics, he's been a leading thinker in market design across energy, telecommunications and health procurements in the US, Europe and beyond. Since 1983, he has conducted research on auctions and market design, with a focus on the design of complex markets to best achieve goals. Between 2015-2021, he was an independent director of the board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). John and Peter discuss: • Whether privatisation of parts of the power markets worked globally in the sense that enhanced human welfare • The meaning and targets for decarbonisation in Europe vs the US • Security of supply and the impact of the recent events in ERCOT on capacity markets and energy only markets

Podcast: Hack the Plant (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: ERCOT and the Texas Power OutagePub date: 2021-06-28In February, severe winter storms and an electricity generation failure left almost 5 million people in Texas without power, leading to hundreds of deaths, and a shortage of heat, food and water. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers. How did the massive power failure happen? What does this power outage suggest about the resilience of our critical infrastructure?Beth Garza, former director of ERCOT and senior fellow at the R Street Institute, answers these questions and more. Over the course of her 35-year career in the electric utility industry, Beth Garza has held a variety of leadership roles in generation and transmission planning, system operations, regulatory affairs and market design for both regulated and competitive entities.  Further information:Watch: Shedding light on the legislative response to the Texas blackouts. Testimony: The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on "Lessons learned from the Texas blackouts: Research needs for a secure and resilient grid."  The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bryson Bort, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

After what happened in Texas earlier this year, how can the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)—which represents 90% of the state's electrical load—possibly be trusted? This week the boys return to San Antonio to talk with Joel Frederick, president of Quartermoon Plumbing & AC as he shares his views of ERCOT and conserving energy, the Texas deregulated electrical grid, the cold snap earlier in the year, the supply chain, rising prices, finding and keeping good employees, hunting wild boar, Ross Perot and Branch Davidians. Joel is always a good sport and he isn't afraid to tell it like it is. Give it a listen!#notdeadyetpodcast #ndypodcast #quartermoonplumbing #mechanicalhub #texasplumbers #HVAC #plumbing

In February, severe winter storms and an electricity generation failure left almost 5 million people in Texas without power, leading to hundreds of deaths, and a shortage of heat, food and water. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers. How did the massive power failure happen? What does this power outage suggest about the resilience of our critical infrastructure?Beth Garza, former director of ERCOT and senior fellow at the R Street Institute, answers these questions and more. Over the course of her 35-year career in the electric utility industry, Beth Garza has held a variety of leadership roles in generation and transmission planning, system operations, regulatory affairs and market design for both regulated and competitive entities.  Further information:Watch: Shedding light on the legislative response to the Texas blackouts. Testimony: The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on "Lessons learned from the Texas blackouts: Research needs for a secure and resilient grid."  

How important is it to make the power distribution system more resilient? It is a primary concern considering this era you live in. There's always going to be a rise in demand for electricity with the technological advancements in various, rather all, sectors of living.  Mo, our host, makes it poignant that the power grid might collapse and fail to support. But, at the same time, there's a high demand for energy supply, as he says,” The grid simply might not maintain itself because of its age, because of its fragility, because of its poor overall design.” And that is why you might want to look for immediate solutions and recovery. In this episode of Thinking Green, Mo digs deep into the need for a distributed power system that can operate independently of any more significant grid force. Prior precautions might save you from an unforeseen, miserable situation that severe weather conditions might cause, a sudden increase in power consumption, and the resultant long-standing power outage in your place if the grid doesn't support its supply. So, tune in for an illuminating episode that puts light not only on the need for increasing energy resilience but also the alarming situation you might land upon if you are not alive to its difficulty.   What you will learn:  What consequences cropped up as the Texas ERCOT energy grid collapsed due to inclement weather conditions in the near past. What resulted in a “tight grid condition” as announced by ERCOT recently and what was being demanded to be done in such an alarming situation.  How distributed solar and backup energy would help sustain a balance between the supply and demand of power. What are the threats electric vehicles might pose on the power grids once the former get into the mainstream. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “The key to being a long-term player is to create a new distributed nature of a power grid that allows people to put rooftop solar and battery backup systems with suitable financing mechanisms at affordable rates with five-star services. -          Mohammed Abdalla   How to Get Involved: Mohammed Abdalla is the Founder & CEO of Good Faith Energy and its subsidiary companies. He has grossed over $30m in lifetime sales – building his business from a minor, $40,000 loan into the 50+ employee company it is today. He has a lifelong passion and dedication to the pursuit of renewable energy and its social impact. If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

On this week's episode, The Current sat down for our very first interview on the social media platform Clubhouse to discuss the February winter storms that struck the South. Texas electricity consumers were particularly hit hard, with millions of Texans going without power in freezing temperatures for days. It could have been worse. The grid was just minutes away from being wiped out. The storm renewed focus on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and its failure to prepare for and respond to the disaster. Ed Hirs, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Houston and a bona fide expert on energy markets, sits down with Brad to discuss what happened and how to prevent this disaster from happening again. 

Could Texas face more blackouts this summer? According to John Harpole, founder and owner of Mercator Energy, a gas brokerage firm based in Littleton, Colo., it is a growing possibility given the damage to the state's power grid from the severe winter storm earlier this year that still needs to be addressed.“There are experts that are predicting there could be two or three rolling blackouts again this summer when peak day of demands increase,” Harpole told Cornerstone Government Affairs' Jack Belcher in this edition of Energy Policy Watch. “They've never seen this peak day of demand in the winter before, but I don't believe that the grid issues have functionally been addressed yet.”In the latest edition of Energy Policy Watch, Harpole, an expert on all aspects of the natural gas value chain and natural gas power markets, joined Belcher for a post-analysis discussion on the 2021 Texas power crisis plus an examination of solutions for the state's power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).Harpole been his career in the late 1980s, sourcing gas for General Electric (GE), where he saw the deregulation of natural gas where the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened up access to pipelines so that GE could transport its own natural gas, he said.“As we saw the deregulation unfold on energy and the effort to integrate the electric grid really with the natural gas grid, I saw a number of issues that I was concerned about,” he said. “Most recently, those concerns were lived out in the Texas rolling or, in some areas, permanent blackouts back in February.”According to Harpole, ERCOT has some critical, fundamental flaws in the design of the transmission grid in Texas and how it responds. A second fundamental flaw he said hasn't been considered is when ERCOT was forced to cut off demand, also known as a “shed load,” ERCOT cut off supply to critical natural gas infrastructure.“One of the things that I've been worried about over the last 10 years is as we march on into this world that certain politicians would like to think that we'll never burn anything, any time, any more and rely exclusively on renewable energy, they forget about that the dispatchable ability—the ability to turn on and turn off—for natural gas, coal and, to lesser extent, nuclear, when much needed is critical,” he said.“In essence, electricity supply was cut off to natural gas infrastructure when natural gas infrastructure and natural gas, the commodity itself, could've answered a lot of the issues related to a shortage of electric generation,” he continued.Topics: Harpole's background in natural gas (1:45) What makes the ERCOT market different in Texas (3:05) Comparing generation resources—wind, natgas & coal (5:35) “Renewable energy landed on a soft pillow” (7:15) Natural gas production during the winter storm (9:35) Drive to electrify natural gas production (11:40) Fatal flaw in natural gas market (13:05) Cost of natural gas storage (16:50) What does Texas need to do (19:00)

ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages Texas' embattled power grid operator is facing lawsuits and resignations after more than 4 million customers lost electricity last week during a deadly winter storm. Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based national law firm with over 700 attorneys, filed a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), alleging that the nonprofit corporation “utterly failed” to plan for the cold weather despite multiple warnings, leading to the collapse of its electrical network and resulting in widespread blackouts. https://abcnews.go.com/US/ercot-faces-class-action-lawsuit-resignations-wake-texas/story?id=76082010 Maryland Gov. Hogan calls for investigation into Baltimore... View Article

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The largest county in Texas has undergone a sea change in political leadership in recent years, and the elected officials' focus—like everyone else in the state—has turned to outages last week that affected millions of people, killed dozens and launched investigations into what went wrong. “Folks are overwhelmed, and there's a big element of trauma," Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, who became the top civil lawyer here in November, noted in the latest episode of Law&Crime's podcast "Objections." In a city beset by multiple 500-year weather events within the past half-decade, the Houston Chronicle called trauma the Bayou City's hidden tax, and Menefee agrees, noting it's a price paid more acutely by the poor and communities of color. Part of a new movement of younger, more diverse and progressive leaders, Menefee—the first African-American Harris County Attorney—sounds off on environmental justice and his just-launched civil investigation into regulators previously obscure outside the Lone Star State: the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Public Utility Commission (PUC). University of Texas Professor David Spence unpacks the complicated history of Texas's independent energy grid.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Texas recovers from Winter Storm Uri, many across the country are asking, “what went wrong” in the Lone Star State. From a crisis communications perspective, many Texans were left in the dark by state-level leaders and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). With more than 4.5 million customers without power – and many more without access to clean water – could this have been prevented? Pinch-hitting for Hattie Horn this week, Dan Gold, an award-winning global MarComs strategist hailing from Canada, joins Austin Staton and Thomas Baen to dissect the crisis in Texas, and how Texans could have benefitted from effective crisis management. The Business Communicators offer their insights for a crisis comms playbook and give key takeaways that businesses can use to equip their teams in the event of a crisis.Then, Facebook has taken a drastic approach in Australia to ban all news stories from its site, after a long-running battle over who should pay for news online. Rather than pay media companies in return for linking to their stories, as a forthcoming Australian law would require, the company opted to block all such links on its platform. What does this mean for free speech and access to information in Australia? Will it have longer-lasting implications globally?The show closes with a new segment that focuses on writing prompts and extemporaneous speaking. This week's: “Name something simple that brings you joy.” To our listeners: We want to hear from you. Tell us on social media what things in life bring you joy. We'll share the best responses on next week's episode of the podcast.Music Credit: Smoke (with Lostboycrow) – FeatherConnect with The Business Communicators on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn, and find out more about our show at TheBusinessCommunicators.com. And, if you haven't done so already, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a five-star review. Questions or comments? Send us an email to podcast@iabchouston.com or text “podcast” to (713) 360-0133.IABC Houston SponsorsDiamond Partner: Pierpont CommunicationsChapter Partner: Mykrantz & Co

What's behind the devastating power outages in Texas? Some say the problem was freezing natural gas pipelines; some say it's because wind turbines froze or mismanagement by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). To find out what's...

This is a news brief - a look at the headline story of the 4 million people in Texas who have lost power as a result of a sudden, extreme cold snap.  It was a failure of the power grid, controlled and operated by the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), once hailed as the Texas Miracle, it has failed repeated demands to harden the grid to withstand extreme weather events.  ERCOT is largely independent of any other power sharing agreements, so when power goes down in Texas, it cannot get capacity from other sources, as other states often do in power sharing agreements.  The conclusion we draw is that unusual weather events have become "usual" and grids must be made resilient to climate disruption.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) warns of a “cascading catastrophic blackout” if the right measures aren't taken. 21 million people are under a Winter weather alert; 7 million are impacted by boil water notices. Rollout on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be slower than expected. White House: Teacher vaccinations are “not a requirement to reopen” schools. Studies suggest that Pfizer & Moderna vaccines can protect against Coronavirus variant. Biden faces backlash from Democrats over student loan forgiveness. Source: Mitch McConnell will probably not “utter the name Donald Trump ever again. He’s moving on”. The Feds investigated Roger Stone ties to the Proud Boys as part of a possible threat to a judge. A New York Democrat says Gov. Cuomo threatened him over Covid scandal. Two Capitol Hill police officers have taken their lives since the riot on January 6th.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The Texan grid AKA the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is a house of cards. It is an energy only, deregulated market which does not reward keeping spare generation capacity on board and keeps a razor thin cushion to buffer against unpredictable surges in demand. It has isolated its grid from the rest of the conry in order to avoid federal reguation. Texas has made the decision to invest heavily in wind and natural gas, pairing an unpredictable and intermittent energy source with a dispatchable source that relies on just in time delivery of its fuel. In the clutches of a polar vortex which has covered wind turbines in ice, frozen natural gas infrastructure and driven up demand for gas for both home heating and electricity ERCOT is strained to the breaking point with rolling blackouts affecting millions in this freezing weather. Welcome back for another Decouple short. We are joined by energy analyst Mark Nelson, the managing director of the Radiant Energy Fund to understand this breaking news out of Texas.

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Chris Bentley, President and CEO of Bellatorum Resources, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, how he started Bellatorum, and how they provide land and royalty acquisitions to the industry. Thank you to our sponsor Pumpjack Power. Pumpjack Power is an Option 2 Electric Provider offering wholesale electricity sales and services for Oil & Gas Operators and other related industry participants within the Texas ERCOT market. Reach out to them directly.

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Vicki Knott, founder of Crux OCM, to discuss how they are using automation in control rooms which increases safety, efficiency, and volumetric throughput up to 10%. Thank you to our sponsor Pumpjack Power.  Pumpjack Power is an Option 2 Electric Provider offering wholesale electricity sales and services for Oil & Gas Operators and other related industry participants within the Texas ERCOT market. 

Since 2011, GridEx has been a hub for security lovers to evaluate and hone their red, blue, and purple teaming skills with challenging scenarios. In this episode, Brian Contos and Michael Allgeier, Director of Critical Infrastructure Security at The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), comment on the appeal and value these interactive training sessions can offer major power corporations.