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US ENERGY UPDATE | August 22, 2024 View this email in your browser
As dangerous heat grips Texas, solar power and batteries keep the electric grid humming along
With temperatures climbing over 100 in much of the state, the Texas electric grid set an all-time record for energy demand Tuesday. It may very well do it again on Wednesday.
Despite the heat wave, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas has yet to ask people to conserve electricity. That’s a big change from 2023, when extreme weather and fear of low power reserves prompted ERCOT to issue 11 requests for conservation through the year.
Regulators Clear Path for Georgia Power’s New Fossil Fuel-Burning Units
Georgia utility regulators voted Tuesday to “certify” the cost to construct three new oil and gas-burning units Georgia Power says are needed to meet a wave of electricity demand — mostly it says from energy-hungry data centers — paving the way for the company to charge ratepayers for the project in the future.
Rocky Mountain Power Executive Grilled by Lawmakers Over Proposed Rate Hike
Dick Garlish, RMP’s president, left the interim meeting of the Utah Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment committee with a homework assignment: Create a new structure for assessing rate increases, one that doesn’t make Utahns pay for the company’s expenses in states with different energy policies.
In Wyoming, Bill Gates Moves Ahead with Nuclear Project Aimed at Revolutionizing Power Generation
Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.
Hydrogen Hub Set to Power West Virginia
“We really haven’t dealt with (anything) of this size and magnitude,” Haug said. “This Appalachian Hub and ARCH2 is of strategic importance to the United States. It is critically important that we got this hub across the line. … The U.S. is going to be the leading producer of clean hydrogen in the world. Not only the leading producer, but probably the leading exporter of clean hydrogen in the world.”
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