This year, Texas lawmakers passed over 1,200 bills. Among them were several important pieces of legislation focused on energy and the environment.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #ChemicalStorage #RenewableEnergy #TexasLegislature #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWater #TexasWaterDevelopmentBoard
Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid
Overnight temperatures in Houston are forecasted to be in the low 30s on Wednesday and Thursday, while outlying areas could see temps dip into the mid-20s as much of Texas prepares for what could be the last major cold front of the winter season.
#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Weather #Ercot #FreezingTemperatures #HoustonColdFront #HoustonWeather #NationalWeatherService #TexasPowerGrid
Texas A&M University has formed a coalition with four energy companies to potentially build nuclear reactors near its campus, with the goal of helping the state meet its future energy demands.
#Business #Education #EducationNews #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #Technology #Texas #JohnSharp #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower #NuclearReactors #TexasAM #TexasPowerGrid
One of the largest #wildfires in #Texas was caused by a rotten #UtilityPole. So the #TexasPowergrid doesn't just cause #blackouts. https://www.mwl-law.com/rotting-utility-pole-confirmed-as-cause-of-largest-wildfire-in-texas-history/#:~:text=A%20Texas%20House%20Committee%20confirmed,largest%20U.S.%20wildfire%20in%202024.
If only there were some technology that would mean the Texas power grid isn't so isolated, able to send power out of the state when production is high and able to draw on sources out of state when demand is high... Something like a more interconnected power grid...
https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/010625-extreme-wind-cold-swings-texas-power-prices-from-negative-to-almost-triple-2020-24-averages #Power #PowerGrid #TexasPowerGrid
More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.
#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm
Officials from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that while winter presents a greater risk of outages, new power generation added to the grid has lowered the probability of emergency conditions.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #Ercot #ERCOTMeteorologist #TexasPowerGrid #WinterStormUri
Plans are materializing for the go-it-alone Texas power grid to get some outside help, but Louisiana lawmakers are getting in the way
#texas #louisiana #powergrid #texaspowergrid #grid #gridreliability #poweroutage #power #energy #electricity #renewableenergy #renewables #gridplanning #transmission #politics #policy #energypolicy
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/isolated-alone-texas-power-grid-shivved-by-louisiana-lawmakers/
Plans are materializing for the go-it-alone Texas power grid to get some outside help, but Louisiana lawmakers are getting in the way
#texas #louisiana #powergrid #texaspowergrid #grid #gridreliability #poweroutage #power #energy #electricity #renewableenergy #renewables #gridplanning #transmission #politics #policy #energypolicy
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/isolated-alone-texas-power-grid-shivved-by-louisiana-lawmakers/
On Tuesday, Galena Park ISD voluntarily turned off the AC in its classrooms for three hours as part of CenterPoint's load management program.
#Education #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Schools #AirConditioner #Centerpoint #GalenaParkIsd #TexasPowerGrid
My nervous twitch since February 2021 is to go check on ERCOT.
Is the Texas grid still there? Still?
This pricing map on May 8, 2024 shows a wobbly day.
Price has gone from $60 to $3000 per megawatt hour.
My local CPS Energy will have to pay that rate to keep my lights on. They call it Fuel Adjustment as they add to my bill.
Wind is not adding 30% of load as it did two days ago. It's 100F at the border, and humid.
#texas #TexasPowerGrid #ERCOT #TheHumidityIsTooDamnHigh
Two massive winter storms have laid bare the increased vulnerability of U.S. power grids, and time is running out to reduce the risk for this year.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #NorthAmericanElectricReliabilityCorporation #SandHill #TexasFreeze #TexasPowerGrid
The main Texas power grid has entered emergency conditions, its operator says, meaning Texans should create a plan in case rolling blackouts are necessary to keep the grid operating. #Texas #texaspowergrid
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[1/2] More #ercot stuff, don't use the official ERCOT app for energy grid health, use this dashboard, which is still working as of this post. It doesn't lie, because it doesn't attempt to forecast grid conditions. :
https://p.datadoghq.com/sb/5c2fc00be-393be929c9c55c3b80b557d08c30787a
Texan taxpayers paid a Bitcoin company $18 million not to operate for four days during the state’s energy outage:
#Texaspowergrid
#gregabbott - why doesn’t grids go down at -20 but in #texas +22 means #Texaspowergrid fails?
#gregabbottfailedtexasagain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/04/northeast-record-cold-boston-arctic/
CAVEATS (3 of 3)
Other important notices silkscreened onto the product:
- “Intended for Other Than Household Use”
- “For outdoor use only as a campstove and for either Indoor and Outdoor use in commercial restaurants or attended catering function.”
- “In Restaurants: For installation under ventilation hood only.
- “This appliance is not for use at temperatures below freezing, 32°F (0°C).”
#EmergencyCooking #TexasPowerGrid #ERCOT #Camping #Kitchen #Cooking #EmergencyPreparedness #Prepping
CAVEATS (2 of 3)
If you look with a microscope, you’ll see that the “drip pan” is the stamped metal part that rests on top of the frame and is around the burner. We can only presume that the “grate” is what they document as the “Pan Supports,” the 3mm aluminum parts connected to the stamped metal piece that includes the “Drip Pan.”
#EmergencyCooking #TexasPowerGrid #ERCOT #Camping #Kitchen #Cooking #EmergencyPreparedness #Prepping
