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#TexasBlackout update, 9:24am Central time: the grid operator @ERCOT_ISO's latest data is STILL reporting over 30 GW of thermal generators offline. ERCOT's 'extreme' generator outage scenario planned for just 14
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A ? Ive gotten from reporters today: Is Texas crisis a result of deregulation of electric generation? It is hard to say until all the facts are in, but this
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This is not correct. The PUCT statement says NOTHING here about gas generators disconnecting. It says that the Commission directed ERCOT to raise electricity prices to $9000/MWh during demand disconnects
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Morning. The #TexasFreeze continues & grid operator ERCOT is still reporting >31,000 MW of thermal generation capacity out as of 9AM CT. Down slightly from a peak of 34,000 MW
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Update: I've been digging into ERCOT's opaquely labeled Hourly Resource Outage Capacity data here. Current hour report below. Here's how to read it:TotalResourceMW = Thermal Geneators (gas/coal/nuclear) out right now
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Confidential info from a market participant in ERCOT: As of ~10 AM Eastern time, the system has ~30 GW of capacity offline, ~26 GW of thermal -- mostly natural gas
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To folks observing rollercoaster electricity prices down in Texas, where polar temps are driving prices up to $9,000/MWh: this us how it's supposed to work. It may appear costly, but
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As we get underway now w/a public briefing on @theNASEM's new report on "Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States," I'll be sharing some highlights here for #EnergyTwitter and with the
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Happy #ClimateDay: FACT SHEET "President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across Federal Government"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-r
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As the US grapples with the economic fallout of #COVID19 + a long-simmering #ClimateCrisis, ambitious investment to build a net-zero carbon economy could provide a big share of the economic
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In @nytopinion, @JustinHGillis & @oboylemm argue it is time for U.S. electric utilities to stop investing in new natural gas-fired power plants. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/opinion/solar-wind-natural-gas-climate-change.htmlThey
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