132 sats \ 13 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr \ on: Nearly 60% of Planned US Power Generation is in Texas charts
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
Read more at: https://commodity.com/blog/states-export-most-energy/
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Apr
Air conditioning
HVAC
Extreme weather in winter and summer
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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.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Apr
Ok! #493067 👀
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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? :)
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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.
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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
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Apr
Transportation?
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