New Forbes and RCE articles, Pielke on the podcast, Egrets in East Texas
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Big Wind pulls out of Madison County, a telling ERCOT chart, Pielke talks Iron Laws, & Egrets I was in Nacogdoches yesterday speaking to members and directors of the East Texas Electric Cooperative. Their service territory includes 340,000 members in 46 counties. ETEC has a broad portfolio of generation assets that includes coal, wind, biomass, hydro, and natural gas. It’s an unusual electricity producer: its service territory includes three different RTOs: ERCOT, SPP, and MISO. Being interconnected with so many systems, A.J. Goff, ETEC’s CEO, told me, is “extraordinarily complicated.” He went on, saying that “ERCOT alone is a full-time job.” It was great to be back in the Piney Woods of East Texas. The last time I visited Nacogdoches was 37 years ago when Lorin and I went on a road trip and decided to visit my cousin Bev, who at that time was attending Stephen F. Austin University. I remember the visit because Lorin and I moved to Austin that same year: 1985. Nacogdoches is a charming and historic town with lots of old beautifully designed buildings and plenty of brick streets. I’m a sucker for brick streets. East Texas is beautiful. It’s a region more like Mississippi or the Carolinas than the parts of Texas I’m more familiar with.
New Forbes and RCE articles, Pielke on the podcast, Egrets in East Texas
New Forbes and RCE articles, Pielke on the…
New Forbes and RCE articles, Pielke on the podcast, Egrets in East Texas
Big Wind pulls out of Madison County, a telling ERCOT chart, Pielke talks Iron Laws, & Egrets I was in Nacogdoches yesterday speaking to members and directors of the East Texas Electric Cooperative. Their service territory includes 340,000 members in 46 counties. ETEC has a broad portfolio of generation assets that includes coal, wind, biomass, hydro, and natural gas. It’s an unusual electricity producer: its service territory includes three different RTOs: ERCOT, SPP, and MISO. Being interconnected with so many systems, A.J. Goff, ETEC’s CEO, told me, is “extraordinarily complicated.” He went on, saying that “ERCOT alone is a full-time job.” It was great to be back in the Piney Woods of East Texas. The last time I visited Nacogdoches was 37 years ago when Lorin and I went on a road trip and decided to visit my cousin Bev, who at that time was attending Stephen F. Austin University. I remember the visit because Lorin and I moved to Austin that same year: 1985. Nacogdoches is a charming and historic town with lots of old beautifully designed buildings and plenty of brick streets. I’m a sucker for brick streets. East Texas is beautiful. It’s a region more like Mississippi or the Carolinas than the parts of Texas I’m more familiar with.