ERCOT is setting all kinds of renewable energy records today, but price spreads and lower than forecasted solar indicate that we would have much more (~6GW) if we had the transmission to move more of this super cheap power from West Texas to loads in the middle of the state.

New report on the impact of the 2023 Texas Legislative Session's major energy bills on the impact of the ERCOT market out today! #HB1500 #SB2627

Report funded by Texas Consumer Association

texasconsumer.org/news-press/imp…

Our corrupt Attorney General, Ken Paxton, just settled a felony fraud case.

As part of the deal to avoid jail time, he has to take 15 hours of legal ethics education.

Something is wrong when the state’s top lawyer is forced to take a class on how to be a good lawyer.

Something worth thinking about when Dems are allocating money/capacity building for '24 + beyond:

The 2030 census

A new study shows state congressional seats could look like:

• CA: -4
• NY: -3
• IL: -2
• MN/PA: -1
• AZ/GA/NC: +1
• FL: +3
• TX: +4

Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores accused of passing off others’ pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking bit.ly/3RNUsss

Why doesn’t the Railroad Commission want Texans to see what’s happening?

Railroad Commission orders no-fly zone over 'uncontrolled' West Texas well spewing super-salty water houstonchronicle.com/business/energ… via @houstonchron

There’s a Texas-shaped hole in the federal government’s ability to oversee the natural gas market — and it's letting one pipeline company push power plants to the brink trib.al/OKfjds5

The mission continues 🤘

Amen.

Public Utility Commission confirms the 'Independent Market Monitor' for the Texas grid is resigning. This comes after she clashed with officials over what she called artificially inflated energy prices this summer. 1/

Levar’s right.

levarsaysread.com

#BannedBooksWeek #ReadBannedBooks

Today is a dark day in Texas history.

The Texas Senate just voted to acquit corrupt Attorney General Ken Paxton on 16 separate articles of impeachment.

I’ll keep fighting for the Texas we deserve. #txlege

For the fourth day in a row, the Texas grid operator is asking people to conserve how much energy they use this afternoon and evening.

Intense heat is driving up electricity demand, and ERCOT is concerned wind and solar power production could be low.

texastribune.org/2023/08/25/tex…

Most Texans believe cold weather in February 2021 shut down natural gas power plants and froze wind turbines, triggering one of the state's deadliest blackouts. But the true cause was corporate greed, according to a growing number of lawsuits filed across the country.

A note on records: ERCOT's official records are hourly averages, so the new official record will be 83,854MW breaking the one set last Tuesday.
But Max Kanter @ Grid Status records them in 5 min increments; that was 84,029MW today at 4:55CT. Either way, new record set today. #txlege