Associate at Grid United. working in energy markets, renewables, and decarbonization broadly!
Houston, TX
Joined January 2013
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WECC 🤝 SPP/MISO
The Eastern and Western U.S. grids are getting a powerful new connection. ⚡
Montana’s North Plains Connector funded by DOE will help to move electricity to where it’s needed most, strengthening reliability and supporting energy affordability nationwide. youtu.be/liDcfXyQY2I?si=MPQx…
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The Eastern and Western U.S. grids are getting a powerful new connection. ⚡
Montana’s North Plains Connector funded by DOE will help to move electricity to where it’s needed most, strengthening reliability and supporting energy affordability nationwide. youtu.be/liDcfXyQY2I?si=MPQx…
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Grid United partners with Hitachi Energy to build power lines connecting national grids trib.al/ztHhRft
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This is additionality:
"Energy firm secures $588m to build huge Texas solar farm for Microsoft"
This is not:
"AWS just dropped $650 million on a data center built next to a 2.5 gigawatt nuclear power station"
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The US is not building enough interregional transmission because utility regulation provides the wrong incentives.
Utilities dominate under the status quo and block attempts at changing the rules.
We need FERC or Congress to press forward.
Utility companies are blocking the construction of new transmission lines and delaying renewable energy projects, argues @AriPeskoe spectrum.ieee.org/transmissi…
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We just introduced the #ConnectTheGrid Act to connect Texas to neighboring electric grids & prevent mass power outages during winter storms & heat waves. 💡
I’m grateful for these Members of Congress & organizations who are supporting our bill!
🧵👇🏽
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Solar production broke 16 GW for the first time ever in Texas today!
A huge jump of ~10% compared to the previous all-time record in ERCOT.
More records: gridstatus.io/records
If we don’t limit global warming then people from Florida will have to move to other state…. Is that what you want?
(3/6) after Finn, there is little doubt that ECOT is basically a dual peaking system with winter storms becoming the norm. ECOT models the impact of URI and Elliott, however their base winter scenario only considers normal conditions.
Finn not topped until 2029 🤔
(5/6) I'm also extremely bullish on load growth - particularly in Texas. This forecast doesn't seem to factor in much. One example is electrifying load in the Permian. Even haircutting these numbers 50% were looking at ~4 GW in West Texas by 2030.
ercot.com/files/docs/2023/03…
🧶E(R)COT Thread⬇️
(1/6) Spent some time digging into ERCOT's LTLF.
tldr;
1. Calling them ECOT from now on - revoking reliability because the math ain't mathin'
2. Load forecasters have not come to grips with climate change
(ercot.com/gridinfo/load/fore…)
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The data is in: one of the biggest roadblocks to new clean energy projects is problems with grid interconnection.
Transforming our outdated electric grid is a must-do for our clean energy future – and our BIG WIRES Act will help us get there.
📊: @BerkeleyLab
Interesting paper from @mitceepr! As someone who spends all day, every day thinking about interregional transmission - $330 million saved per year over 56 GW of new lines and current build is extremely low.
Am I missing something?
ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/upl…
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Give me interregional transmission and massive reconductoring or give me death
ICYMI: Great story by @Jennifer_Hiller in @WSJ about load growth in Texas and how it’s the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country.
Great state numbers in the article, but I still think they’re very conservative/on the low end. Load growth is coming…
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Guess what is "Perhaps the single greatest technological danger to a successful energy transition"? Yup: "the risk that the nation fails to site, modernize, and build out the electrical grid." (No transmission, no transition). nationalacademies.org/news/2…
