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ERCOT, the state’s principal electrical grid operator, predicts Texas might want to present almost double the quantity of energy inside six years, primarily based partly on the rising curiosity of huge energy customers in coming to Texas.
Knowledge facilities, hydrogen manufacturing services, and oil and fuel corporations which might be electrifying their operations will want large quantities of energy and convey the promise of latest jobs and a lift to native tax bases — however might additionally put appreciable pressure on a state grid that just about collapsed throughout a 2021 winter storm.
Be a part of us at 12 p.m. Thursday, Might 8 at Dallas School Cedar Valley for a dialog on how we put together the grid and the state’s energy infrastructure for this dramatic enhance in demand, what the prices are and who’s going to pay.
The occasion is moderated by Texas Tribune politics reporter Kayla Guo.
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