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.
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.
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!
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.
Does Texas export a lot or a little?
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Read more at: https://commodity.com/blog/states-export-most-energy/
Texas exports oil and gas, but it's grid is not connected to any other state's, so they don't export any electricity.
Why do they generate so much power without exporting it? Does Texas have that much more energy demands than other states?
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.
I guess my question was more "why do they need it"? Is demand for electricity really 3x that of the next state?
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.
Air conditioning
HVAC
Extreme weather in winter and summer
This is new production. I'm not sure what it represents as a percent change for Texas, but Texas is growing quickly.
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What caught my attention was Texas' high consumption. It would be interesting to know where they are consuming. Could it be in energy production? :)
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.
It looks like that's the case.
https://m.stacker.news/25024 https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/economic-data/energy/2023/texas.php
Transportation?
Wonder where they are getting all the committed base load demand for the this expansion?
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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!
Who woulda thunk it.
Also TX is one of the most deregulated states with regard to energy production. I'm sure that plays into this....
Are you in Texas?
Free in Texas?
No need to answer
Yes, live in TX
Energy grid sovereignty
No federal intervention
No interstate regulation
those nuke numbers are rookie numbers, we gotta pump those numbers up
Lot of solar in Texas
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.
What the Fact!
Is there a proper source for this graph? A Twitter post with no further information isn't much of a source
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.
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