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Texas
- Berkshire Hathaway executive: Our proposal will help prevent future catastrophic blackouts
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 16, 2021
- Fix ERCOT, yes, but don’t throw out the competitive electricity market
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 16, 2021
- Texas’ top electricity regulator nominee says he’d plan for the worst to avoid another storm debacle
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 15, 2021
- Texas Lawmakers Want to Take Away Local Control on Environmental Issues
- Dallas Observer
- April 16, 2021
- Brazoria County a magnet for solar farms
- Houston Chronicle
- April 16, 2021
- Senate moving to fill PUC vacancies
- Houston Chronicle
- April 15, 2021
- Rep. Israel: Trying to focus on the big problems the Lege faces
- Austin American-Statesman
- April 15, 2021
- Texas energy companies push back against Berkshire Hathaway’s $8 billion plan for backup power
- Texas Tribune
- April 15, 2021
- Severe weather this summer could cause another Texas power crisis
- Texas Tribune
- April 15, 2021
- Senate advances more grid reform bills
- Jacksonville Daily Progress
- April 15, 2021
- Texas Senate advances winter storm bill to overhaul ERCOT board
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 14, 2021
- ERCOT expects tight power supplies for 2nd day
- Houston Chronicle
- April 14, 2021
- CenterPoint customers to pay higher natural gas bills next month
- Houston Chronicle
- April 14, 2021
- While Texas Lawmakers Target Renewables, The State’s ‘Thermal Fleet’ Threatens Grid Stability Yet Again
- KUHF-FM, Houston
- April 14, 2021
- Amid ERCOT warnings, CPS says it had enough power available for San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News
- April 14, 2021
- Texas Climate Plan Hopes to Reduce Texas' Carbon Emissions
- Austin Chronicle
- April 15, 2021
- The Ray Wants to Bring Electric Car Charging Stations and Roads to Central Texas
- Austin Chronicle
- April 15, 2021
- How wind energy is made and how it helps the Texas grid
- KVUE-TV, Austin
- April 14, 2021
- ERCOT asks residents, businesses to conserve electricity over potential lack of generating power
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 13, 2021
- ERCOT ends call for conservation measures as tight power supplies ease
- Houston Chronicle
- April 13, 2021
- ERCOT calls for conservation as Texas power grid faces stress
- Austin American-Statesman
- April 13, 2021
- ERCOT asked Texans to conserve power as electric grid again struggled to keep up with demand
- Texas Tribune
- April 13, 2021
- Biden pitches $2.3T infrastructure plan as cure for Texas grid failure, but it’s not in the fine print
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 13, 2021
- Texas’ new set of electricity regulators begins to take shape in wake of deep freeze, power outages
- The Dallas Morning News
- April 12, 2021
- EPA under pressure to ban HFCs
- Houston Chronicle
- April 13, 2021
- Abbott appoints chair of Public Utility Commission
- Houston Chronicle
- April 12, 2021
- 2020 brings largest one-year drop in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions
- San Antonio Express-News
- April 13, 2021
- Commentary: Carbon fee and dividend a win-win
- San Antonio Express-News
- April 12, 2021
- Faith groups urge Texas lawmakers to shield consumers from winter storm fallout
- San Antonio Express-News
- April 12, 2021
- Pushing spending package, Biden administration gives Texas a C on infrastructure report card
- Austin American-Statesman
- April 13, 2021
- Texas launched a COVID-19 program to offer relief on electric bills. Then lobbyists went to work.
- Austin American-Statesman
- April 12, 2021
- Gov. Greg Abbott nominates new chair to Public Utility Commission after power crisis resignations
- Texas Tribune
- April 12, 2021
- An open Texas power grid would boost reliability and renewables, experts say
- Houston Chronicle
- April 12, 2021
- Spring Branch Solar co-op selects solar panel provider
- Houston Chronicle
- April 12, 2021
- Comment: Natural gas infrastructure is a tool for climate progress and economic recovery
- Houston Chronicle
- April 11, 2021
- Editorial: Our jobs are bound up with the future of four hydrogen atoms and one carbon
- Houston Chronicle
- April 11, 2021
- Reliant Energy donates $100K to nonprofit Attack Poverty's winter storm relief efforts
- Houston Chronicle
- April 10, 2021
- Why the EV choice is one that will have to wait
- Houston Chronicle
- April 10, 2021
- CPS Energy lawsuits face slim chances of victory, raising specter of rate hike
- San Antonio Express-News
- April 11, 2021
- Suit alleging Austin Energy charged illegal electric rates can continue, Texas Supreme Court rules
- Austin American-Stateman
- April 10, 2021
- ERCOT to argue it is immune from winter storm lawsuits
- Texas Tribune
- April 9, 2021
- White House releases plans detailing needs of Texas infrastructure
- KIII-TV, Corpus Christi
- April 12, 2021
U.S.
- INSIGHT-Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrels
- Reuters
- April 16, 2021
- Big Utilities Pan Texas Push to Curb Renewables Following Freeze
- Bloomberg
- April 16, 2021
- ‘A Failure of Texas-Size Proportions’—State Debates How to Overhaul Its Power Market
- The Wall Street Journal
- April 16, 2021
- Opinion: Competition will build a reliable, affordable energy future for Virginia
- The Virginian-Pilot
- April 15, 2021
- Fossil fuel industry failed Texans during the freeze, now it's using the crisis to attack renewables
- Environmental Defense Fund
- April 15, 2021
- Developers break ground on 613MW Texas solar
- reNEWS
- April 16, 2021
- Gas is failing California. It's time to move on.
- Utility Dive
- April 16, 2021
- Now Is Our Last Best Chance to Confront the Climate Crisis
- EcoWatch
- April 16, 2021
- Tesla Cybertruck prototype spotted at its upcoming home of Gigafactory Texas
- Electrek
- April 15, 2021
- Biden's global climate debut risks falling short on new goals
- Bloomberg
- April 15, 2021
- Shell asks investors to vote against activist climate resolution
- Bloomberg
- April 15, 2021
- U.S. Startup Plans to Build First Zero-Emission Gas Power Plants
- Bloomberg
- April 15, 2021
- Texas Nearly Went Dark Because Officials Misjudged Weather
- Bloomberg
- April 14, 2021
- Lower- and middle-class Americans will pay a fortune for Biden’s wind-power plan
- New York Post
- April 9, 2021
- New wind facility now producing renewable energy for SWEPCO customers
- Bossier Press-Tribune
- April 14, 2021
- Pattern Energy, Talen create JV to develop 1.4GW of solar and wind
- PV-Tech
- April 15, 2021
- China pledged to cut emissions, then went on a coal spree
- GreenBiz
- April 15, 2021
- Five lessons from the February freeze in Texas's power market
- S&P Global
- April 15, 2021
- Kerry heads to China
- Politico
- April 14, 2021
- Chevron invests in offshore wind energy for first time
- Bloomberg
- April 14, 2021
- The fight over who will pay for Texas blackouts gears up
- The Washington Post
- April 14, 2021
- House bill preempting local energy regs clears Commerce Committee
- Florida Politics
- April 134, 2021
- Projections for electricity emissions underestimated the pace of power transition
- Axios
- April 14, 2021
- Following California and Texas blackouts, experts see potential for energy storage and better grid planning
- Utility Dive
- April 14, 2021
- Zinc battery storage contracts in Texas, India and California for Eos Energy Enterprises
- Energy Storage News
- April 14, 2021
- Battery storage: the next oil – and gas?
- Natural Gas World
- April 14, 2021
- What The Dilly-O? Big Renewable Energy Bucks Head For Texas
- CleanTechnica
- April 13, 2021
- Business leaders urge Biden to set ambitious climate goal
- Associated Press
- April 13, 2021
- Biden's gas tax comments explain why he does not favor hiking it - official
- Reuters
- April 12, 2021
- A boom in bureaucracy won't build America back any better
- The Hill
- April 13, 2021
- Remembering “Solyndra” – How Many $570M Green Energy Failures Are Hidden Inside Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal?
- Forbes
- April 12, 2021
- The Green New Deal, in Disguise
- The Wall Street Journal
- April 12, 2021
- Closing all of Xcel's coal-fired power plants will cost Colorado consumers $1.4 billion
- The Colorado Sun
- April 13, 2021
- New Texas-based VC firm to exclusively invest in energy transition tech
- Axios
- April 13, 2021
- Private equity's renewable investments hit a record in 2020
- Axios
- April 13, 2021
- Biden's Green Energy Plan Declares War on American Energy
- RealClearPolitics
- April 13, 2021
- Biden budget, infrastructure plan would create standalone storage tax credit
- Utility Dive
- April 13, 2021
- Panorama - Transmission ITC Bill introduced into both chambers in the US Congress
- Renewable Energy Magazine
- April 13, 2021
- Time to take virtual power plants seriously: Swell Energy creates asset class from customer assets
- Energy Storage News
- April 13, 2021
- EGEB: The Navajo Nation finalizes leases for two more solar farms
- Electrek
- April 13, 2021
- Energy transition after COVID-19: what pathway are we on?
- S&P Global
- April 13, 2021
- Transmission strategy takes shape as Congress, FERC press ahead with reforms
- S&P Global
- April 12, 2021
- Energy flexibility, whole systems approaches critical to reaching 2030 renewables targets
- PV-Tech
- April 13, 2021
- In for a penny: could pension fund reform make or break clean energy investment?
- Power Technology
- April 13, 2021
- ARPA-E Launches Program to Abate, Prevent Methane Emissions
- POWER Magazine
- April 12, 2021
- China vs US: The New Battle for Energy Supremacy
- Saurenergy
- April 12, 2021
- Mississippi Regulators Approve MPCo's Solar, Battery Storage Demonstration Project
- Transmission & Distribution World
- April 12, 2021
- Biden sees `win’ for US in electric vehicle battery deal
- Associated Press
- April 11, 2021
- Advocates optimistic Biden infrastructure plan is a step toward sustainability
- The Hill
- April 12, 2021
- The United States Has No Choice But To Rebuild Its Infrastructure
- Forbes
- April 11, 2021
- Yes, Overreliance On Wind And Solar Helped Feed Texas’s Power Outages
- The Federalist
- April 12, 2021
- Suez Canal Fiasco Should Remind US Leaders of Importance of Bolstering American Energy Capabilities
- RealClearEnergy
- April 12, 2021
- Leaked calls show ALEC’s secret plan to fight Biden on climate
- Grist
- April 12, 2021
- Eos Energy receives orders for zinc-based storage in US, India
- Renewables Now
- April 12, 2021