Nearly 60% of Planned US Power Generation is in Texas \ stacker news ~charts

Nearly 60% of Planned US Power Generation is in Texas

1164 sats \ 27 comments \ @kr 3 Apr charts

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280 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 3 Apr

Wonder where they are getting all the committed base load demand for the this expansion?

180 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 3 Apr

You are gunna love this!!!

Bitcoin mining operations have been coming to Texas and serving as anchor tenats to increase baseload power since the freeze that almost collapsed the grid. The government offers them electrical credits to spin down during power crunches!

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 3 Apr

Who woulda thunk it.

88 sats \ 0 replies \ @niftynei 4 Apr

those nuke numbers are rookie numbers, we gotta pump those numbers up

237 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 3 Apr

Also TX is one of the most deregulated states with regard to energy production. I'm sure that plays into this....

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Apr

Energy grid sovereignty

No federal intervention

No interstate regulation

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 4 Apr

Are you in Texas?

Free in Texas?

No need to answer

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 5 Apr

Yes, live in TX

132 sats \ 13 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr

Does Texas export a lot or a little?

10. Texas

Net energy exports per capita (million Btu): 206.2
Total energy production per capita (million Btu): 704.3
Total energy consumption per capita (million Btu): 498.1
Net energy exports (trillion Btu): 5,978.2
Total energy production (trillion Btu): 20,421.0
Total energy consumption (trillion Btu): 14,442.8

156 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Apr

Texas exports oil and gas, but it's grid is not connected to any other state's, so they don't export any electricity.

140 sats \ 5 replies \ @m00ninite 3 Apr

Why do they generate so much power without exporting it? Does Texas have that much more energy demands than other states?

267 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Apr

If they connected to other states, then the federal government could regulate their grid under the Interstate Commerce clause.

My guess is that Texas' energy sovereignty is why they're able to expand production so much more than any other state.

70 sats \ 3 replies \ @m00ninite 3 Apr

I guess my question was more "why do they need it"? Is demand for electricity really 3x that of the next state?

140 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 3 Apr

The population has exploded in growth not to mention Texas has manufacturing coming into the state like the new Tesla Giga factory. Texas also is home to various companies with Data Centers and because the electricity price tends to be much lower in the state companies are planning on building out data centers for things like AI so Texas is prepping.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Apr

Air conditioning

HVAC

Extreme weather in winter and summer

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Apr

This is new production. I'm not sure what it represents as a percent change for Texas, but Texas is growing quickly.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr

Ok! #493067 👀

16 sats \ 4 replies \ @m00ninite 3 Apr

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70 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr

What caught my attention was Texas' high consumption. It would be interesting to know where they are consuming. Could it be in energy production? :)

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 3 Apr

A lot of it is likely going to the manufacturing that is onshoring to Texas. We have Tesla's newest Giga factory building up we are supposed to get a hydrogen hub as well and either one or two chips manufacturing places are said they are going to build in Texas.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr

It looks like that's the case.

https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/economic-data/energy/2023/texas.php

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Apr

Transportation?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3 Apr

What the Fact!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @m00ninite 3 Apr

Is there a proper source for this graph? A Twitter post with no further information isn't much of a source

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 3 Apr

the creator who posted this on Twitter made the graph.

he may be able to elaborate on how he gathered his data if you reach out.

https://twitter.com/EnergyCredit1/status/1775534593359118784

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 3 Apr

Lot of solar in Texas

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 3 Apr

TBH Texas was heavily frowned upon for so long that just doing the minimum was going to lead to a huge amount of solar being added lol. Wind Texas already has a lot of but not some much with solar.