While operators say they are confident the power grid will hold up during the summer heat, experts say not enough was done to fortify it against extreme weather during the legislative session. reportsbychar reports.
PUBLISHED 7:10 AM CDT Jun. 13, 2023AUSTIN, Texas – Dangerous. Excessive. Brutal. Those are just some of the alarming words being used this week by Texas meteorologists to describe the extreme heat expected across the state. Parts of North Texas are expected to hit above 100 degrees for the first time this year.As Texas deals with dangerous heat this week, energy experts say not enough was done to make the power grid more reliable during the regular legislative sessionGov.
“I am very eager to see the results of a statewide election to enable loans and grants for continuing fossil fuel generation in the state of Texas,” said Beth Garza, a senior fellow at The R Street Institute. “We'll see if that really materializes. Because at this point, it's just a good idea. Nothing happens until a statewide election later this fall.”
“Power plants don't emerge fully formed from waving a magic wand,” Garza said. “They are big pieces of machinery that you have to find a location for, and you have to find a good location that has fuel and access to transmission and water, depending on your power plant. And generally, that development period can be many years to find a location. Once you have the location and the approval to interconnect, it’s generally at least a year, if not two or three, to actually build something.
“It was really intentionally set up to be discriminatory against renewables,” said Michael Jewell, a managing attorney at Jewell & Associates. “Those are the resources that are building now, those are the resources that are connecting now, those are the resources that will be subjected to a new paradigm for cost allocation.”“We can expect a lot of those new plants will be built where existing plants are,” he said. “So those kinds of upgrades, that new interconnection, will not be necessary.
Beyond the bill to provide an “allowance” to build transmission lines, Jewell said the renewable industry took a “significant hit.”
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