There must be a second use for the land, like parking or grazing.

Scissor lift.

Hydro in ERCOT is small and low head, with intermittent water availability. That may impact the available inertia.

Manu Asthana was speaking this morning at ERCOT Innovation, talking about how PJM keeps breaking internal records on wind and solar... Solar and battery can go from empty field to operation in months vs 4-5 yr for gas. If batteries are taking years that's PJM's fault.

Data centers are among the most interruptible loads. If they can be curtailed 10 hours/yr they would increase load factor, pay for new generation, and stabilize the grid.

Wow, you're sitting right up front!

ERCOT is very regulated, including prices and winterization standards. Intrastate gas pipelines are (barely) regulated by the Railroad Commission. "Price majeure" is an old joke about TX gas pipelines declaring force majeure during events, then selling the gas they didn't deliver at a higher price.

Poorly regulated intrastate gas pipelines had no winterization requirements, nor price controls, so some froze and some price gouged, taking 20 GW of gas generators offline during record cold weather.

ERCOT's energy market allows wind, solar, and battery to thrive in spite of Texas policy makers. It also drives innovation and flexibility in gen and load. ERCOT now has an estimated 4 GW of responsive load driven only by price signals, not a policy or incentive program.

Maybe needs capacity...

In ERCOT there was a retail provider offering real time prices to customers. It was the cheapest option by far, until Feb 2021 and real time prices reached $9/kWh for 4 days.

But if there is a cap at 3-5x normal rate, customers could be responsive and save money

Where are the chargers located? How often were the chargers full?

When I'm charging while shopping I don't care about speed. On a long trip I prioritize ultrafast chargers and skip lower speed options, but sometimes get stuck on the low speed one if the station is near full.

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The article is about induction stoves that have batteries inside of them, so they can have the same power output as a standard 240v stove. The key question will be how many continuous hours you run your wok burner at 100%.

Is demand based on NCP or CP?

Something's fishy about the EMBER solar generation numbers. EMBER says 2023 CA - 68,978 GWH, TX - 32,324. CAISO says 41,344, ERCOT says 32,404 GWh. ERCOT is not all of Texas, and does not track <10MW installations.

Now jump to 2024, ERCOT reports 48 TWh and CAISO is estimated at 45 TWh.

When will an industry standard #v2g be released? We have 2 EVs and our cars are cheaper per KWh than any home storage system, but every car brand requires their specific V2G solution.

Corinth stop is adjacent to NCTC, right? Maybe 20k riders/yr will depart Corinth southbound, but NCTC destination rides will be much higher, and will benefit residents of Denton and other cities.

Adding stops is not zero sum, every station is also a destination, it improves entire network.

Yes, and the best way to encourage 'all of the above', and fast, is to tax carbon and lower regulation delaying wind, PV, CCS, fusion, geothermal, efficiency, etc.

Do we spend a few $B in government money on research projects, or leverage the $1.5T/yr in private energy investment?

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