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Smart Grid

Smart Grid

  • How to fix Texas’ billion-dollar grid congestion in weeks, not years - Latitude Media
  • NRG's Gigawatt VPP in Texas with Travis Kavulla - The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
  • George P. Bush argues smart planning on data centers can power Texas’ future - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
  • TSEA unveils next-gen smart grid technology - Transformer Magazine
  • Summer Heat And The Texas Power Grid - stories.tamu.edu

Energy Efficiency

  • Energy-Saving Summer Tips - Texas Co-op Power
  • Entergy Texas talks energy efficiency programs before it gets hot - Beaumont Enterprise
  • HOMES & HEARS Programs to Expand Energy Saving Opportunities for Texas Homeowners - Sierra Club
  • Memorial Day weekend is a Texas sales tax holiday for Energy Star products - Houston Public Media
  • Texas Energy Efficiency Programs Gain Momentum as Electricity Costs Continue to Rise - Sierra Club

Demand Response

  • ERCOT nowhere near meeting Texas goal for residential demand reduction - San Antonio Express-News
  • ERCOT Sees DR as Bridge to Long-term Solutions - RTO Insider
  • Demand response and data center growth - EY
  • Austin Energy’s Demand Response program delivers record results in 2025 - City of Austin (.gov)
  • Texas Energy Policy Updates: ERCOT, PUCT, Data Centers, Transmission & Grid Reliability - Sierra Club

Climate Change

  • Climate scientists have predicted greater flooding in Texas for decades. It's happening now - KUT
  • Deadly flooding strikes West Virginia and Texas as global climate catastrophe intensifies - World Socialist Web Site
  • Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi - Inside Climate News
  • The Hard Ceiling over Texas Cities’ Climate Plans - texasobserver.org
  • Super El Niño could bring a wetter Texas winter as weather extremes intensify - Texas Public Radio | TPR

Advanced Metering

  • Smart meters have saved Austin, Texas, more than a billion of gallons of water, utility says - Smart Cities Dive
  • Smart meters are modernizing our aging electric grids, here’s how - investigatetv.com
  • Austin has saved 1.2 billion gallons of water with new smart meters - Planetizen
  • 73,000 "Smart" Meters Went Dark Overnight — And It Revealed Everything Wrong With How We Build… - Medium
  • Texas regulators approve new smart meter rules, limiting access to real-time data - Utility Dive

Fuel Cells

  • UT Startup To Scale Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech With UT Seed Fund Investment - news.utexas.edu
  • Ballard cancels 3GW Texas fuel cell plant - gasworld
  • SunHydrogen Shares Progress on Texas Pilot for Scalable Hydrogen Panels - Fuel Cells Works
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech Hits the Road - Tech Briefs
  • Ballard rinuncia alla sua gigafactory in Texas: pesano l’incertezza degli incentivi USA e la debolezza del mercato dell’idrogeno - HydroNews