Recorded on October 5, 2022
Between winter storms and summertime heat, the Texas power grid has been under stress. Distributed energy resources (DERs) – rooftop solar and energy-storing batteries, smart home appliances, electric vehicles, microgrids, energy efficiency measures – can help Texas respond to emergencies like natural disasters.
Topics: State Policy, Wholesale Markets, Webinar, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, Caitlin Marquis
Recorded on March 24, 2021
The blackouts resulting from the record freeze in Texas are driving regulators and lawmakers in Texas and around the country to search for answers:
How can we keep the lights on when severe weather strikes?
Topics: PUCs, PowerSuite, Wholesale Markets, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, Texas
Recorded on January 27, 2021
With construction of a Tesla factory outside Austin underway, Texas is guaranteed a central place in the transition to electric transportation. But it turns out there are already 7,000 Texans working in electric transportation-related business, and more than 400,000 workers and 5,000 Texas companies are in “adjacent” industries and occupations that stand to grow as transportation in the United States goes electric.
Topics: Advanced Transportation, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, Texas
Recorded on January 27, 2020
Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA) recently released a new report that
showed electricity customers across the state could save $5.47 billion by using distributed
energy resources (DERs) like solar energy, energy storage, efficiency, and electric vehicles
to reduce the need for more costly peak power generation and transmission and distribution
investments. The report quantified the value of integrating DERs into transmission and
distribution planning and allowed them to participate in existing wholesale markets.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance