
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?
Posted on · On Monday's show: What's happening in the Texas Legislature in order to shore up the state's energy grid?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on · Oil companies already use captured carbon to produce more oil from old fields, a process called "enhanced oil recovery."
Posted on · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.
Posted on · The EPA argues the Obama Administration inflated the benefits of the rule.
Posted on · The state is breaking records for electricity use at a time when power reserves have dropped.
Posted on · About 850 jobs are being lost from the plants shutting down.
Posted on · The new plan gives Texas power plants alternatives to installing costly emissions controls
Posted on · "Rhetoric's one thing, money’s another," said one energy researcher
Posted on · The agency plans to let Texas power plants pursue "alternatives" to retrofitting plants with emission controls
Posted on · The study looked at what would happen if Dallas company Luminant closed its Big Brown and Monticello power plants.