Mose Buchele
Senior Correspondent, Energy & EnvironmentMose Buchele focuses on energy and environmental reporting at KUT. He has been on staff at KUT since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds master's degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin. You can email him at mbuchele@kut.org.
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Over a third of the electricity on the Texas grid came from the sun on Sunday, a new state record.
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En comparación con otras redes regionales, parece que Texas emite más pedidos para que los consumidores ahorren energía. El reciente clima helado reavivó las frustraciones sobre las peticiones y los operadores de la red.
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Meteorologists say steam and heat from Austin power plants rose into the frigid atmosphere, making snow that covered parts of the city.
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When compared with other regional grids, it appears Texas issues more requests for consumers to conserve energy. The recent freeze reignited frustrations over the requests and the grid operators.
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The grid's operator has requested that Texans conserve energy to maintain supply during the extreme cold. Many people are having flashbacks to the blackouts in 2021.
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The grid operator said it's expecting electricity supply to be tight and asked Texans to conserve energy between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.
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Texas grid operators say reserve energy could be in short supply on the Texas grid as frigid weather drives up demand.
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Ever since 2021, when a massive winter storm crashed the state’s energy system and left millions without power for days, forecasts like this have provoked deep anxiety in Texas.
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Researchers have created a virtual campus to better understand how increasing warm weather and energy use will impact UT's energy grid.
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Dr. Vivek Goswami, a cardiologist with the Austin Heart Hospital, says doctors used to blame cold weather on the uptick in heart-related ER visits. But research has pointed to other factors.