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RT by @douglewinenergy: If youād like a visual on that:
https://nitter.poast.org/joshdr83/status/2091904629097308332#m
Published: August 24, 2026 15:05
If youād like a visual on that: Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) For electricity generation in Texas (primarily the ERCOT grid, which covers ~90% of the stateās load), the most recent complete full-year figures are for 2025. Natural gas remained theā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Inbox: @Todd_Staples issues a statement on this ALJ recommendation against approval of the 765 kV transmission lines. #txlege Staples called it a āradical departure from both facts and the long-established planning processes that built Texas.ā
https://nitter.poast.org/bradj_TX/status/2091903592236024241#m
Published: August 24, 2026 15:00
Inbox: @Todd_Staples issues a statement on this ALJ recommendation against approval of the 765 kV transmission lines. #txlege Staples called it a āradical departure from both facts and the long-established planning processes that built Texas.ā Bradā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Texas lawmakers flipping on a controversial transmission line could lead to rolling black outs and higher energy prices, @PaulCobler reports https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/24/texas-765-transmissions-lines-data-centers-pauses-delays/
https://nitter.poast.org/rebekahallen/status/2091886708753076716#m
Published: August 24, 2026 13:53
Texas lawmakers flipping on a controversial transmission line could lead to rolling black outs and higher energy prices, @PaulCobler reports texastribune.org/2026/08/24/ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Sometimes the blah, blah, blahā¦ Intermittent generation is not just a renewables story. Never was. Gas, coal, nuclear, and hydro all have their generating flaws and these scars are all predictable to some extent. Batteries are the great unifier. @ColumbiaUEnergy
https://nitter.poast.org/ira_joseph/status/2091856066480947537#m
Published: August 24, 2026 11:52
Sometimes the blah, blah, blahā¦ Intermittent generation is not just a renewables story. Never was. Gas, coal, nuclear, and hydro all have their generating flaws and these scars are all predictable to some extent. Batteries are the great unifier.ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Doug, keep the info coming!! Itās like, Texas demand record, yawn, no worries solar and storage gotcha.
https://nitter.poast.org/SG_SEIA/status/2091715113099407850#m
Published: August 24, 2026 02:31
Doug, keep the info coming!! Itās like, Texas demand record, yawn, no worries solar and storage gotcha. Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. Old record was blown away by 1,200 megawatts. Thermal plant outages wereā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Great example of why diversification is a cornerstone of risk management
https://nitter.poast.org/DallasCPA/status/2091710872359977048#m
Published: August 24, 2026 02:15
Great example of why diversification is a cornerstone of risk management Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) Gas & coal plant outages in Texas are up 40% in the last 48 hours. Solar carried the day & batteries just set a new record at sunset. Gas plants areā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Thatās a lot of battery power ā”ļøā”ļøā”ļø
https://nitter.poast.org/LangReynolds/status/2091709836522320215#m
Published: August 24, 2026 02:11
Thatās a lot of battery power ā”ļøā”ļøā”ļø Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. Old record was blown away by 1,200 megawatts. Thermal plant outages were significantly higher and prices are still elevated as I type. Texas'ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: āBetter to have a diverse resource mix, as Texas does.ā
https://nitter.poast.org/sethriklin/status/2091708960357089384#m
Published: August 24, 2026 02:07
āBetter to have a diverse resource mix, as Texas does.ā Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) Gas & coal plant outages in Texas are up 40% in the last 48 hours. Solar carried the day & batteries just set a new record at sunset. Gas plants are important energyā¦
There's a new battery record in Texas. Old record was blown away by 1,200 megawatts. Thermal plant outages were significantly higher and prices are still elevated as I type. Texas' battery discharge record is now <200 megawatts, or ~1%, below California's. #txlege #txenergy
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2091696033415733759#m
Published: August 24, 2026 01:16
There's a new battery record in Texas. Old record was blown away by 1,200 megawatts. Thermal plant outages were significantly higher and prices are still elevated as I type. Texas' battery discharge record is now <200 megawatts, or ~1%, belowā¦
R to @douglewinenergy: Texas was over 90 gigawatts for nearly two hours -- on a Sunday! Weekends typically have lower demand but today was one of the highest use days in the history of ERCOT. This was 3rd highest in terms of peak demand. All of the top 10 days have happened in the last month. https://www.gridstatus.io/records/ercot?record=Maximum%20Load
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2091694549512978928#m
Published: August 24, 2026 01:10
Texas was over 90 gigawatts for nearly two hours -- on a Sunday! Weekends typically have lower demand but today was one of the highest use days in the history of ERCOT. This was 3rd highest in terms of peak demand. All of the top 10 days have happened inā¦
Gas & coal plant outages in Texas are up 40% in the last 48 hours. Solar carried the day & batteries just set a new record at sunset. Gas plants are important energy resources but they struggle in extreme heat & cold. Better to have a diverse resource mix, as Texas does. 1/
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2091693738380689424#m
Published: August 24, 2026 01:07
Gas & coal plant outages in Texas are up 40% in the last 48 hours. Solar carried the day & batteries just set a new record at sunset. Gas plants are important energy resources but they struggle in extreme heat & cold. Better to have a diverse resource mix,ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Solar and batteries have transformed the Texas grid.
https://nitter.poast.org/ramez/status/2091253937982869724#m
Published: August 22, 2026 19:59
Solar and batteries have transformed the Texas grid. Kevin Stevens (@kevindstevens) Itās going to be 107 in Dallas this week, so naturally I checked the grid. You have to hand it to ERCOT. Texas is looking at 3 record demand days in a row (currentā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: "Electricians Love Data Centers. You Should, Too" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/opinion/data-centers-electricians-union-labor.html "Data centers are the best opportunity in generations for blue-collar workers to attain a portion of the American dream.... Our apprenticesā starting pay is around $28 an hour." š²
https://nitter.poast.org/scottlincicome/status/2091175040423280648#m
Published: August 22, 2026 14:45
"Electricians Love Data Centers. You Should, Too" nytimes.com/2026/08/21/opiniā¦ "Data centers are the best opportunity in generations for blue-collar workers to attain a portion of the American dream.... Our apprenticesā starting pay is around $28 anā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Good thread by @joshdr83 to explain this-- @TPPF and others seem to conflate 1) power generation with 2) grid reliability. Power generation is one important piece of grid reliability...but the grid itself (wires and poles) is also critical to grid reliability. It's not one or the other--it's both. And building a bigger, better grid means there's more room for power generation.
https://nitter.poast.org/MichaelEWebber/status/2090911237261365545#m
Published: August 21, 2026 21:17
Good thread by @joshdr83 to explain this-- @TPPF and others seem to conflate 1) power generation with 2) grid reliability. Power generation is one important piece of grid reliability...but the grid itself (wires and poles) is also critical to gridā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: āData centers represent the best opportunity in generations for blue-collar workers to attain a portion of the American dream. A decade ago, members of my union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, in the Washington, D.C., region, worked about 14 million hours annually. In 2025, we worked 28 million hours, and weāll most likely top 33 million hours this year. We brought in 600 new apprentices last year alone. That job growth happened because data centers came to Northern Virginia and our members went to work constructing and maintaining them.ā https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/opinion/data-centers-electricians-union-labor.html
https://nitter.poast.org/RichLowry/status/2090795649285390753#m
Published: August 21, 2026 13:38
āData centers represent the best opportunity in generations for blue-collar workers to attain a portion of the American dream. A decade ago, members of my union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, in the Washington, D.C., region,ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Nearly 3 times as many people (44% vs 15%) say they'd support a nuclear power plant being built near where they live than a data center. That is insane.
https://nitter.poast.org/johnarnold/status/2090528165156253893#m
Published: August 20, 2026 19:55
Nearly 3 times as many people (44% vs 15%) say they'd support a nuclear power plant being built near where they live than a data center. That is insane.
RT by @douglewinenergy: Texas has seen a 70% increase in storage discharge over the last year. Solar energy is helping to keep the TX power grid stable during a nasty streak of triple-digit heat.
https://nitter.poast.org/dfwaaronlayman/status/2090233173900702120#m
Published: August 20, 2026 00:23
Texas has seen a 70% increase in storage discharge over the last year. Solar energy is helping to keep the TX power grid stable during a nasty streak of triple-digit heat. Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. First timeā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Couple of observations here: 1) Can't recall ever seeing all these industry groups on the same side together in an electricity fight. 2) Someone in the hearing just warned of "Uri-style rolling outages" w/out the lines. The 2021 outages weren't rolling, they were prolonged...that's why it was so bad.
https://nitter.poast.org/bradj_TX/status/2090176843005448374#m
Published: August 19, 2026 20:39
Couple of observations here: 1) Can't recall ever seeing all these industry groups on the same side together in an electricity fight. 2) Someone in the hearing just warned of "Uri-style rolling outages" w/out the lines. The 2021 outages weren't rolling,ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Solar & batteries to the rescue again. No drama. #Renewables #TXLege #ERCOT #Power
https://nitter.poast.org/RafaelAnchia/status/2090147340237541579#m
Published: August 19, 2026 18:42
Solar & batteries to the rescue again. No drama. #Renewables #TXLege #ERCOT #Power Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) Wild to see ~90GW peaks daily in Texas w/ no drama whatsoever. No conservation calls: we had 13 in 2023 (!) with 5 GW less demand.ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: ahemā¦13.4 GW battery discharge record set last night in CA. Though completely agree TX will overtake before end of year.
https://nitter.poast.org/alavery2/status/2090115985235915231#m
Published: August 19, 2026 16:37
ahemā¦13.4 GW battery discharge record set last night in CA. Though completely agree TX will overtake before end of year. Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunset tonight. ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: PJM (and the rest of America) needs more batteries
https://nitter.poast.org/santobrah/status/2090074037632352714#m
Published: August 19, 2026 13:50
PJM (and the rest of America) needs more batteries Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) The 5GW added in one year in ERCOT is ~8x more than what has been built *all-time* in PJM. 4/ ā https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089890136775442919#m
RT by @douglewinenergy: It seems as though there are more batteries in Texas than before š
https://nitter.poast.org/JLopas/status/2090069792908583298#m
Published: August 19, 2026 13:34
It seems as though there are more batteries in Texas than before š Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunset tonight. For now, CA has TX beat on storage discharging (13GW vs. 12ā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Solar provides tremendous power on a Texas summer afternoon. And storage batteries continue that abundance of power into the night.
https://nitter.poast.org/DavidFinfrock/status/2089909037324214759#m
Published: August 19, 2026 02:55
Solar provides tremendous power on a Texas summer afternoon. And storage batteries continue that abundance of power into the night. Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunsetā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: Batteries are profitable depending on price spread between when they buy solar/wind vs when they send their electricity into the grid. W massive battery installations, peak electricity prices fall; it can be a dramatic fall compared with little spare peak generation. (1)
https://nitter.poast.org/MichaeMaher200A/status/2089907770019533065#m
Published: August 19, 2026 02:50
Batteries are profitable depending on price spread between when they buy solar/wind vs when they send their electricity into the grid. W massive battery installations, peak electricity prices fall; it can be a dramatic fall compared with little spare peakā¦
R to @douglewinenergy: The 5GW added in one year in ERCOT is ~8x more than what has been built *all-time* in PJM. 4/
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089890136775442919#m
Published: August 19, 2026 01:40
The 5GW added in one year in ERCOT is ~8x more than what has been built *all-time* in PJM. 4/
R to @douglewinenergy: California peak is up only 2GW from last year. Texas likely to pass CA soon, maybe even this year as TX continues to attract more investment than CA. September tends to be a big month for storage in Texas as the sun sets earlier but heat usually remains a major factor. 3/
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089890134363648287#m
Published: August 19, 2026 01:40
California peak is up only 2GW from last year. Texas likely to pass CA soon, maybe even this year as TX continues to attract more investment than CA. September tends to be a big month for storage in Texas as the sun sets earlier but heat usually remains aā¦
R to @douglewinenergy: At this time last year, max storage discharge in TX was ~7GW. With 12GW tonight that's a 5GW and 70% increase in one year. The ERCOT energy-only market continues to attract massive investments in new dispatchable energy resources. #txlege 2/
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089890132140687481#m
Published: August 19, 2026 01:40
At this time last year, max storage discharge in TX was ~7GW. With 12GW tonight that's a 5GW and 70% increase in one year. The ERCOT energy-only market continues to attract massive investments in new dispatchable energy resources. #txlege 2/
There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunset tonight. For now, CA has TX beat on storage discharging (13GW vs. 12 GW) but we'll likely catch up, perhaps as soon as next month. 1/ #txlege
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089890130123247940#m
Published: August 19, 2026 01:40
There's a new battery record in Texas. First time over 12,000 megawatts during sunset tonight. For now, CA has TX beat on storage discharging (13GW vs. 12 GW) but we'll likely catch up, perhaps as soon as next month. 1/ #txlege
Wild to see ~90GW peaks daily in Texas w/ no drama whatsoever. No conservation calls: we had 13 in 2023 (!) with 5 GW less demand. There's 25 GW of extra capacity now at the time of highest demand. Solar power is the difference. Batteries charging for tonight. #txlege #txenergy
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089860644686197143#m
Published: August 18, 2026 23:43
Wild to see ~90GW peaks daily in Texas w/ no drama whatsoever. No conservation calls: we had 13 in 2023 (!) with 5 GW less demand. There's 25 GW of extra capacity now at the time of highest demand. Solar power is the difference. Batteries charging forā¦
RT by @douglewinenergy: In: Informed West Texans Strongly Support Permian Basin Transmission Plan according to poll.
https://nitter.poast.org/hollyshansen/status/2089770114002387062#m
Published: August 18, 2026 17:43
In: Informed West Texans Strongly Support Permian Basin Transmission Plan according to poll.
RT by @douglewinenergy: Growing solar & battery deployment are going to help us meet this moment. We need every electron on the grid. #EnergyPortfolio #Texas #ERCOT #Energy
https://nitter.poast.org/RafaelAnchia/status/2089412049067491658#m
Published: August 17, 2026 18:00
Growing solar & battery deployment are going to help us meet this moment. We need every electron on the grid. #EnergyPortfolio #Texas #ERCOT #Energy Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) ERCOT projects 90+ gigawatt peaks every day this week as high temps areā¦
ERCOT projects 90+ gigawatt peaks every day this week as high temps are expected to be consistently >100. No shortages expected. Today was only the 3rd time solar was >35 gigawatts in Texas (CA record is 23 GW) & batteries hit #2 all-time just short of 12 GW. #txlege #txenergy
https://nitter.poast.org/douglewinenergy/status/2089170555903574255#m
Published: August 17, 2026 02:00
ERCOT projects 90+ gigawatt peaks every day this week as high temps are expected to be consistently >100. No shortages expected. Today was only the 3rd time solar was >35 gigawatts in Texas (CA record is 23 GW) & batteries hit #2 all-time just short of 12ā¦