I work on energy transition issues in Texas. I'm an urbanist and a proponent of mass political movements. Too many ideas, not enough time.
Austin, TX
Joined May 2007
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Eric Goff retweeted
Cheap power brings new industries. Higher demand leads to higher prices which leads to more solar + storage and cheaper power again.
I featured the @TexasTribune's TribCast with @Ericwg on how Texas' growing power demand and supply in my R&P Picks; link in reply. #txenergy
Eric Goff retweeted
We took an new industrial site in CA off-grid with solar, batteries, and gas.
Everyone said it wouldn't work.
After over a year of operations:
✅ faster and cheaper than grid interconnection
✅ positive savings (net of PPA and fuel)
✅ majority clean power
✅ 99%+ uptime
STAY TIL THE END OR DIE TRYING
Our final panel of the day will be on Power Markets:
@James_McGinniss will be joined by @jacob_mays of Cornell, @BPBartholomew of Rev Renewables, and @ericwg the ERCOT DERs wizard to figure out what the hell is happening to power markets.
Eric Goff retweeted
Solar power is growing in TX and so is TSPA. Excited to bring Bri to the TSPA team. Her experience and relationships will serve us well in the Texas Capitol. Look forward to working closely with her, John Pitts, Jr. and the member company lobby team. #txsolar #txenergy
We’re excited to announce that @BriWeberTX is joining the TSPA team as our Legislative Affairs Director. Bri’s Capitol & consulting experience will be of great value to the #txsolar industry. Welcome, Bri! #txlege #txenergy
txsolarpower.org/staff-board
This will be so much fun.
Here’s a DERVOS sneak peak - the coolest electricity policy panel imaginable.
A truly unbelievable squad.
Learn more here and snag a ticket for 10/25 before they sell out:
dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sn…
What’s up southby? Let’s do this.
Gen #AI #datacenters can be giganto-DERs powered by onsite renewables @ massive scale & flex grids. Time for #DER-pilled woman of color & ex-$TSLA warrior to be on stage with utility CEOs, yeah? @sxsw cast your upvote: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/15…
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Eric Goff retweeted
In addition to all the world chaos happening... My mother is sitting in a nice hotel room in New Delhi where it hit 122° f yesterday, describing birds literally falling off trees from heat stroke. She is indoors for obvious reasons, but she also caught bronchitis again, the second she got off the plane.
I think it was @drvolts who did this podcast once, but when we think about climate solutions investment, we have to remember that the value of $1 abroad in developing countries is far higher than sinking that marginal $ into the United States.
In somewhat related news, there is a haze in #Houston that is due to crop burning in #Mexico.
If I could have one thing in life, it would truly be, to galvanize talented students all over the world into career paths that will arrest drastic impacts of climate change in the next 3 years, all over the world, and particularly in developing countries.
Eric Goff retweeted
Justice Elena Kagan: "For a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public."
Eric Goff retweeted
Good morning with good news: Total global solar installation reached 1.6 TW in 2023.
More solar was installed in 2023 than had been installed up to 2017! 2023 deployment was up ~80%.
Eighteen nations passed 10% solar level, including Japan & Germany!
iea-pvps.org/wp-content/uplo…
Eric Goff retweeted
ERCOT prices for electricity power were below $0 for about half of today.
we are constantly working to ensure the grid is able to provide more power at a lower cost.
Eric Goff retweeted
“The fact that folks have to go farther and farther out from the urban core to be able to buy a home is just having a disastrous effect on our environment and our climate,” said state Rep. @jamestalarico. texastribune.org/2024/03/27/…
