Houston Matters
Fixing the energy grid (May 22, 2023)
Posted on · On Monday's show: What's happening in the Texas Legislature in order to shore up the state's energy grid?
Tag: Power Plants
Houston Matters
A love letter to Westheimer (April 11, 2023)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Texas Monthly writer Arman Badrei talks about his recent piece about Westheimer Road and what driving its 19-mile expanse can tell us about our city.
Energy & Environment
Chemical exposure at Houston-area power plant sends six workers to hospital
Posted on · An ongoing cleanup operation in a fire-damaged unit at the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Fort Bend County is suspended pending the completion of an investigation into Thursday's chemical exposure, according to NRG Energy.
Texas
Texas’ grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.
Posted on · Climate change and other factors are shortening the window when aging Texas power plants can make repairs to run at full strength in hot summer months.
Energy & Environment
Is Your Renewable Energy Electricity Plan Really Supporting Texas Wind And Solar?
Posted on · Unlike most cities across the country, Houstonians have lots of choices when it comes to buying electricity – including plans for people who want to support renewable energy.
Energy & Environment
Texas Legislature Approves Bills To Require Power Plants To ‘Weatherize,’ Among Other Measures To Overhaul Electric Grid
Posted on · The Texas House and Senate both approved negotiated versions of Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3, the two sweeping bills to change the state’s power grid and the people who oversee it.
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Houston Oil Company To Invest In Zero Emissions Power Plant Technology
Posted on · Oil companies already use captured carbon to produce more oil from old fields, a process called "enhanced oil recovery."
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Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal
Posted on · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.
News
EPA Proposal Could Weaken Mercury Rule Power Companies Wanted Kept in Place
Posted on · The EPA argues the Obama Administration inflated the benefits of the rule.
News
Texas Grid’s Big ‘Test’ Could Last Beyond The Heat Wave
Posted on · The state is breaking records for electricity use at a time when power reserves have dropped.
Energy & Environment
Third Texas Coal Plant Closes Since Start Of 2018
Posted on · About 850 jobs are being lost from the plants shutting down.
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Latest Texas Haze Rule
Posted on · The new plan gives Texas power plants alternatives to installing costly emissions controls
Energy & Environment
Coal Struggles In Texas, Despite Pro-Coal Administration
Posted on · "Rhetoric's one thing, money’s another," said one energy researcher
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Worry About New EPA Haze Rule
Posted on · The agency plans to let Texas power plants pursue "alternatives" to retrofitting plants with emission controls
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Group Says Texas Electric Grid Would Survive Loss Of Two Coal Plants
Posted on · The study looked at what would happen if Dallas company Luminant closed its Big Brown and Monticello power plants.