Jinjoo Lee of The Wall Street Journal writes about Texas’ potential grid market restructuring. “The proposal isn’t cheap. Building out 10 gigawatts—the upper limit of what the bill envisions—would cost about $18 billion, according to a recent estimate from the Lower Colorado River Authority, a nonprofit public utility with headquarters in Austin, Texas. The Texas...
"In space, no one can hear you scream opposition to critical infrastructure development, so things get built. If Britain wants cheap energy, it must first fix its broken planning system."
"With all the permission slips finally locked down, construction on the line will begin later this year, and the 3,000-megawatt line could be operational by 2028, EnergyWire reports. By then, it'll be 23 years since the project was first proposed in 2005."
Directing finite resources at promoting H.R. 1 over Trump will be good for the people, planet and politicians.
H.R. 1 is an all-of-the-above energy bill, aimed at delivering the power our country needs in the 21st Century. In a divided Washington, it can be a scaffolding to help lawmakers build a better energy future.
Permitting reform must remain a key priority for climate activists across the country to reduce carbon emissions and transition to a clean energy economy.
Creating the right framework for Alaska to harness the potential of markets to pursue CCUS could be the right move for the state and the climate.
"Easy" will never be a word to describe water management. But with solid reform, as suggested in the PERC report, Arizona could set the state up for a future with a more sustainable water supply.
Texas lawmakers should consider ways to maintain electricity market competition in the state while bolstering grid reliability. This means reducing the government's preferential treatment of certain energy sources and maintaining an unsubsidized energy strategy that lets free markets and free people, not politicians, pick winners and losers.
"Yes, part of the solution is to transition energy forms from emitting sources to non-emitting sources. Clean sources of energy — from wind and solar to nuclear energy and geothermal — couldn’t be more important. At this time, however, a full transition is unrealistic and would lower quality of life for millions of people."
