Energy, solar professional, policy, beer enthusiast, master electrician and avid outdoorsman.
Houston, Tx
Joined March 2013
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William Baxter retweeted
Ordinary Abundance. This is the greatest thing I've read in weeks. No kidding. This should win a Pulitzer in a category not yet invented. ordinaryabundance.com/
William Baxter retweeted
Ended up winning the 7th Taco Bell 50km (#TB50km) in Denver this morning (4:28 total time):
Had to eat a food item at 9 @tacobell locations along the way (no puking allowed!).
By the 4th stop a Crunchwrap Supreme was required….by the 8th stop a Burrito Supreme was required.
I did all beans (instead of beef) and a lot of soft tacos and cinnamon twists as well! 🌮🌮🌯🌯
Thanks for the 📸🎥: @StephenGnoza !
William Baxter retweeted
BMO note 9/13: "Wood Mackenzie estimates suggest lead times for transformers at 78 to 127 weeks with pricing ~50% higher since the beginning of 2022. Circuit breakers and switch gear pricing and lead times have expanded to 151 weeks from 65 weeks and prices are 25% higher"
William Baxter retweeted
Arushi Sharma Frank--who co-chaired @puctx ADER project & whose co. @teslaenergy is aggregating the first 2 operating ADERs—keynoted our VPP workshop discussing @energy’s recent "Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: VPPs" report for a national view along with what Texas is doing.
William Baxter retweeted
Many think nuclear accidents are the only ones that require people to “shelter-in-place,” but Monterey County Fire & Sheriff Deaprtments in California have just issued one, and closed roads, in response to a Tesla battery fire that is spewing toxic smoke.
William Baxter retweeted
Shocking video of a mountain glacier collapsing in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.
Just a week ago Italy saw a deadly glacier collapse killing 11 people.
With a rapidly warming climate expect more sobering scenes like this in the future.
William Baxter retweeted
That's a bummer. Guess you could physically isolate it from the meter? Heatpump and EV on its own system lol
William Baxter retweeted
History! 2 high schoolers go sub-4 in the same mile for the first time ever! and Connor Burns becomes the 1st junior since Jim Ryun to go sub-4! letsrun.com/news/2022/06/gar…
William Baxter retweeted
There is now a staggering 1.4 TERAWATTS of generation and storage capacity in interconnection queues in the US – more than the capacity of ALL existing power plants – though most will not be built. For full data and more, see QUEUED UP at emp.lbl.gov/queues. 2/x
William Baxter retweeted
Picture on left is sad, picture on right are Sunpower 340s being resold for $1,000 cash to be installed elsewhere.
William Baxter retweeted
Seems like perfectly normal behavior: @energytransfer is threatening to cut off gas to 2GW of @VistraCorp power plants as a winter storm approaches.
But gas is reliable, right?
Maybe ETP will find generosity and "let" them buy gas at gouged prices.
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William Baxter retweeted
RT if you support my legislation to ban members of Congress from selling and trading stocks.
William Baxter retweeted
This is interesting. Vistra commissioned its own study to see where prices in Ercot would have landed during the Texas freeze had the PUCT not locked them at $9k/mwh. Upshot: much lower.
William Baxter retweeted
1 of 15: It has been hard to convey, through anecdotes or data, how bizarre the U.S. housing market has become. For example, a Bethesda, Maryland homebuyer working with @Redfin included in her written offer a pledge to name her first-born child after the seller. She lost.
Here is my Texas bluebonnet picture. Last training weekend before co-pilots UT test next weekend. #navhda
William Baxter retweeted
The executive orders *HELP* Texas oil & gas production because they will limit production on federal lands in other states such as New Mexico and make it harder to move Canadian oil to market. So the Texas Senators are working against the interests of the Texas O&G industry.
#UPDATE @SenTedCruz, @JohnCornyn & nearly two dozen other Republican Senators have filed a bill to block @POTUS @JoeBiden Executive Order suspending new oil & gas drilling leases on federal lands & waters. Bill would require Congressional approval to do so. @CBSDFW
William Baxter retweeted
$GME the movie I was talking about down below
