Cheap power brings new industries. Higher demand leads to higher prices which leads to more solar + storage and cheaper power again.
I featured the @TexasTribune's TribCast with @Ericwg on how Texas' growing power demand and supply in my R&P Picks; link in reply. #txenergy
We took an new industrial site in CA off-grid with solar, batteries, and gas.
Everyone said it wouldn't work.
After over a year of operations:
✅ faster and cheaper than grid interconnection
✅ positive savings (net of PPA and fuel)
✅ majority clean power
✅ 99%+ uptime
@juliogatx Yes we can! Microgrids can help with both of those indirectly and provide revenue instead of just costs. A tree hitting a line is less impactful if you have resources on the other side of the line too.
@JigarShahDC Coordination will be critical. That time we built massive pipelines, interconnected utilities together so they could serve shipyards, and had a unified industrial policy.
Our final panel of the day will be on Power Markets:
@James_McGinniss will be joined by @jacob_mays of Cornell, @BPBartholomew of Rev Renewables, and @ericwg the ERCOT DERs wizard to figure out what the hell is happening to power markets.
@AKMcGlinchy Seems like Austin Housing Finance Corp could do some lending here and get some wins by financing some affordable homes with less parking. AHFC has a lot of wiggle room on how they lend and invest.
@RepCasar I'd love to have all this attention on Haiti result in some real reform in how the US treats Haiti and Haitians refugees. We should have done it decades ago but we can do it now.
Solar power is growing in TX and so is TSPA. Excited to bring Bri to the TSPA team. Her experience and relationships will serve us well in the Texas Capitol. Look forward to working closely with her, John Pitts, Jr. and the member company lobby team. #txsolar#txenergy
Here’s a DERVOS sneak peak - the coolest electricity policy panel imaginable.
A truly unbelievable squad.
Learn more here and snag a ticket for 10/25 before they sell out:
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