Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:01:48 +0000
Texas continues to rack up the renewable energy wins with a record-breaking month for solar power capping a surge past coal.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:01:51 +0000
We expect average wholesale electricity prices for 2024 in most areas of the country to be close to or slightly … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:00:17 +0000
Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the United States rose throughout much of 2022 and were, at times, volatile as a result of extreme weather events. The limited availability of coal to substitute for higher-priced natural gas also contributed to higher electricity prices. Prices at all electricity trading hubs were higher in […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:10:03 +0000
Inter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather.
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:30:29 +0000
U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources, such as hydropower, wind, and solar, accounted for 20% of electricity generation both in 2020 and in 2021. We expect that share to increase to 22% in 2022 and to 24% in 2023 as more generating capacity from wind and solar come online and other generation sources, such as […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:30:20 +0000
On Sunday, the Texas electric grid operator, ERCOT, requested that consumers conserve energy on Monday for fear that the electric grid would not be able to meet the demand during an extremely hot day. In doing so, ERCOT downplayed the fact that “dispatchable” coal and gas were offline and suggested that wind energy “not showing […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:10:05 +0000
Tesla has over 60 pages of Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) filings that have recently been shared publicly, and we’re about to dive into them. Grab some water and a coffee and let’s go. Tesla and its team, including its US Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, have been working hard to help […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:30:35 +0000
Tesla’s US Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, was recently asked to testify at a Public Utility Commission of Texas Open Meeting. A photo of Frank wearing an LFDECARB tee shirt popped up on Twitter. The tee shirt itself is a message focused on decarbonization by the group Bros for Decarbonization. You can learn […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:28:35 +0000
Tesla’s US Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, was recently asked to testify at a Public Utility Commission of Texas Open Meeting. A photo of Frank wearing an LFDECARB tee shirt popped up on Twitter. The tee shirt itself is a message focused on decarbonization by the group Bros for Decarbonization. You can learn […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:40:12 +0000
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly […]