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Tag Archives: Public Utility Commission (PUC)
When I Say Stop, Continue
One of those Texas stories that keep bubbling along, and which I have trouble mapping out the dimensions of, is the high voltage line to the Permian Basin story. Texas Scorecard has been out front reporting on the controversy, and … Continue reading
Posted in Texas, video
Tagged American Stewards of Liberty (ASL), Dan Patrick, Energy Policy, ERCOT, Ken Paxton, LCRA, natural gas, oil industry, Oncor, Permian Basin, Public Utility Commission (PUC), Robert Montoya, solar power, subsidies, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Scorecard, Thomas Gleeson, video, Wayne Christian, wind power
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The Texas Data Center Dilemma
For most of the 21st century, Texas had a pretty welcoming attitude toward data center construction: Come on down! Like every other type of economic investment, from factory to fab to corporate HQ, if you had just about any need … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Technology, Texas
Tagged AI, Amazon, BlackRock, Brad Reynolds, Carol Alvarado, Chuy Hinojosa, data centers, El Paso, Energy Policy, ERCOT, Facebook, Grant Halk, Greg Abbott, infrastructure, Isaiah Mitchell, Joan Huffman, Paul Bettencourt, Pete Flores, Public Utility Commission (PUC), subsidies, Taxes, technology, Texas, Texas Scorecard, The Texan News, Thomas Gleeson, water
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Abbott: Build Your Data Centers, But Pay For Your Own Infrastructure
A number of states have been trying to enact bans on new data center build-outs due to outsized electricity and water consumption concerns. Texas Governor Greg Abbott doesn’t want to ban data centers, but he does want them to pay … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Technology, Texas
Tagged AI, Austin, data centers, drought, ERCOT, Greg Abbott, Pablo Vegas, Permian Basin, power outage, power transmission lines, Public Utility Commission (PUC), Robert Montoya, Sydnie Henry, technology, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, Texas Scorecard, Thomas Gleeson
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Coming To Texas This Summer: Demand > Supply
You know how the much of the Texas interconnect grid went black back in 2021 due to over-reliance on trendy renewable energy rather than natural gas and nuclear baseload? Well guess what? Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Peter Lake and … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans, Texas
Tagged blackout, Energy Policy, EPA, ERCOT, natural gas, Pablo Vegas, Peter Lake, Public Utility Commission (PUC), Regulation, Texas
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