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ERCOT calls for energy conservation this weekend

Posted in Efficiency, Global Warming, Utilities, tagged Air conditioning, electric reliability council of texas, electricity, energy conservation office, Energy Efficiency, Public utilities commission, Texas, Thermostat on August 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Its predicted that the entire state will have record temperatures this weekend. Please take all measures to avoid using unnecessary energy. They might have a hurricane on the east coast but we have a heat wave in Texas and there might not be enough electricity to go around. Statement from ERCOT CEO Trip Doggett on [...]

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Could this be Texas’ solar session?

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, andrew mccalla, Austin, business and commerce, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, CPS Energy, distributed solar, eliot shapiro, emerging technology fund, energy conservation office, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, green jobs, greenhouse gas, hb 516, jose beceiro, kirk watson, leticia van de putte, made in texas, mark strama, meridian energy systems, peak energy prices, peak power, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, sb 435, sb 541, sb 542, sb 545, sb 546, sb 598, sb 603, senator rodney ellis, Sierra Club, solar legislation, solar power, texas center for sustainable business, texas solar roadmap, troy fraser, tx, wildcatting the sun on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

At last! I can fill you in on Monday’s fantastic solar press conference at the capitol! Public Citizen, Environment Texas and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a statewide round of press conferences this week to roll out our solar report, Texas Solar Roadmap — which of course can be downloaded at [...]

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