Energy industry beginning to get behind tech incubators
By Jim Magill, Correspondent Dec. 31, 2020 The Cannon has nurtured young companies for more than three years, expanding from its original outpost in west Houston to locations in downtown and the Galleria. As another sign of the innovation hub’s success, a key tenant recently signed a lease to significantly expand in the flagship facility in […]
Davis: Clean energy provides lifeline for rural Texas
JOHN DAVIS Whether the piney woods of East Texas, the vast open prairie lands of West Texas, the rolling hills of the Texas Hill Country, or the fertile soils of the Rio Grande Valley, rural Texas is part of the lore and legend of our amazing state. Many Texans who now live in cities and […]
Setting Electricity Markets Up for the Future With Competition
It wasn’t too long ago when the government told everyone where to get their electricity and how much they were going to pay for it. Electric utilities were granted monopolies over their customers, and in return those utilities had to get government approval for every major business decision they undertook. But starting two decades ago, 13 states plus D.C. decided […]
Solar the new ‘king of electricity’ as renewables make up bigger slice of supply: IEA
By Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) – Solar output is expected to lead a surge in renewable power supply in the next decade, the International Energy Agency said, with renewables seen accounting for 80% of growth in global electricity generation under current conditions. In its annual World Energy Outlook on Tuesday, the IEA said in its central […]
Governor Abbott’s proclamation: Energy Efficiency Day is October 7, 2020
Energy Corruption Not Just an Ohio Problem, It Is a Monopoly Problem
by Mark Pischea John Steinbeck wrote, “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts … perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” As politicos and policymakers across the country continue to reel from the revelations of corruption between FirstEnergy and Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, it would be easy to relate that quote to powerful politicians […]
Texas’ Electricity Resources: Where Power Comes From — And How It Gets To You
Lisa Minton In 1883, Galveston became the first city in Texas to install electric lights. It wasn’t long before power plants were built in other Texas towns and cities, providing energy for lights, appliances, elevators, pumps, and industrial machinery, and transforming our lives in ways Benjamin Franklin couldn’t have imagined during his kite experiment on […]
NEW REPORT CALLS FOR GREATER COMPETITION IN THE TEXAS ELECTRICITY MARKET
AUSTIN, Texas (July 23, 2020) Today, Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI), a member of the Conservative Energy Network, announced the release of an extensive research report titled: “Electric Competition in Texas: A Successful Model to Guide the Future”. The report was produced by two of the nation’s leading academics in the field of energy […]
Secretary of Energy: Trump powering oil and gas comeback
By Dan Brouillette The coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the oil and gas industry in Texas and around the nation. The sudden decline in demand and collapse in prices, followed by job losses and company bankruptcies, has been unlike anything we have seen in decades, perhaps in the industry’s history. Since 1901, when […]
Thousands Oppose Bid to Undo Net Metering
By Michael Kuser and Rich Heidorn Jr. Thousands of individuals and groups urged FERC to reject a request by a purported ratepayer group to outlaw net metering for rooftop solar generation. As the comment deadline closed Monday, the commission had received more than 500 individual comments or requests to intervene in the docket opened in […]
