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News! I’m joining @texastribune.org’s politics team starting Monday, covering the Legislature and the state’s top leaders. #txlege folks and beyond — please add me to your press lists and say hi: [email protected]. I’m kaylaguo.19 on Signal.

With Texas facing massive demand for electricity, the political tides around energy are quietly turning in the country’s biggest oil and gas state. via @texastribune.org: www.texastribune.org/2025/03/06/t...

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas says that the availability of battery storage on the grid has doubled every year since 2021. "The availability of batteries has been extremely helpful in bridging the episodic periods of time when there is scarcity," he tells the ERCOT Board of Directors.

On sunny days in the Hill Country, Tom Cook taps an app on his phone and watches the power generated from the solar panels on his roof flow to his home — and out to the state power grid. “We get the sun beaten down on us, and it’s good to have the sun pay us back,” he said. 🧵

Texas Senate energy bill alert: Sens. Phil King and Charles Schwertner, the Business and Commerce vice chair and chair, have filed SB 6. It deals with large users (data centers, crypto mines) looking to connect, ERCOT's forecast that power demand will nearly double by 2030 and transmission costs.

Texas is ground zero for a rapid expansion of data centers, including Stargate, the up to $500 billion AI infrastructure venture announced this week. That's helping drive a massive surge in power demand. Here's what it means for the state grid. @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2025/01/24/t...

Watch live: The Texas House begins the process to elect a new speaker who will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/t...

In the past three years, Texas has spent $3.1 billion to build 50 miles of wall scattershot along the border. State officials have kept many details of the program confidential. The Texas Tribune has for the first time identified where Texas has built its border wall. 🧵

NEW: Texas has never publicly reported where it has built border wall. So @texastribune.org requested records, interviewed landowners and traveled the Rio Grande to compile a first-of-its-kind look of the $3.1 billion in construction. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...

NEW: The Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee has issued a new subpoena to death row inmate Robert Roberson. The panel is demanding the criminal justice department produce Roberson for in-person testimony at the Capitol on Friday. #txlege

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Texas’ grid operator warned that the state should prepare for extreme cold this winter, but said the state’s main power grid is better equipped than in previous years to withstand a powerful winter storm. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/03/t...

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☀️ I’ve officially started on the climate beat @texastribune.org! I’ll cover climate and energy policy out of the #txlege through May. Grid, energy and enviro folks — please add me to your lists + reach out. I’m at [email protected].

Texas winter power updates from the ERCOT board meeting: ERCOT meteorologist warns that the "conditions are there" this winter to support something like 2021's deadly Winter Storm Uri. That's true even as 2023 and 2024 are expected to rank as the two hottest years in Texas history.

In Texas, Crypto miners will soon have to register with state and reveal power usage. via @kaylaguo.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2024/11/25/t...

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