Four Years After Winter Storm Uri, States Can Learn from the Texas Energy Deployment Playbook

Posted by Matthew Boms on Feb 11, 2025 9:35:29 AM

Advanced Energy Sources Keeping the Lights on in Texas

Texas has come a long way since 2021, when Winter Storm Uri left millions of Texans without power for days during a stretch of below-freezing temperatures. The deadly impact, and traumatic effects for millions of Texans, forced intense scrutiny of the Lone Star State’s electricity infrastructure. As part of a series of recent winter storms, along with Winter Storms Elliot and Mara, Uri exposed serious vulnerabilities in the Texas grid.

In the four years since Uri hit, Texas has made enormous improvements toward making the grid more reliable, in part by significantly increasing energy capacity. In his recent State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott highlighted Texas’ 35% increase in power generation. 

This growth is driven almost entirely by increases in advanced energy. In fact, over 90% of Texas’ new power capacity in the past four years came from solar, wind, and battery storage.  

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Topics: State Policy, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, Texas, Solar, Battery Storage

Key Steps to Secure New York’s Clean Energy Future

Posted by Kristina Persaud on Jan 30, 2025 10:29:21 AM

Securing NYs Energy Future Starts with Action Today

New York is at a crossroads. Despite renewable energy's rapid growth accounting for over 90% of new capacity added in 2024, President Trump has paused energy funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and is stalling onshore and offshore wind, all of which supported the much-needed growth in the energy sector along with countless good American jobs. At the state-level, Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget failed to address the growing threats to our clean energy future. 

With our energy future at risk, state policymakers must step up to ensure a reliable and affordable energy future for all New Yorkers. Here’s how:

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Topics: State Policy, New York, Building Decarbonization

Key 2024 Legislative Trends Steering the Future of Electrified Transportation

Posted by Elizabeth Stears on Jan 16, 2025 2:02:47 PM

2024 EV State Policy Wrapped

As the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) grows, so does the need for an energy ecosystem capable of supporting a fully electrified transportation future. In 2024, state legislatures made significant strides toward modernizing the electric grid for EVs, including streamlining charging station siting, refining permitting processes, and updating building codes to support America’s growing EV fleet. Together, these policies lay the groundwork for a more fair, efficient, and less polluting transportation system. To synthesize the EV action across the country, Advanced Energy United read and summarized hundreds of bills, which we have distilled down into this series that covers seven dominant trends:  

  1. Grid Modernization: Building the Foundation for Electrification
  2. Siting and Permitting: Clearing the Path for Infrastructure Expansion
  3. Building Codes and Parking Requirements: Designing for an EV Future 
  4. Leading by Example: State Fleet Policies 
  5. Electric School Buses: Supporting Healthier Communities
  6. Fees on EVs
  7. Financial Incentives for EVs and Infrastructure

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Topics: Advanced Transportation, Electric Vehicles

Shaping Policy, Building Partnerships: Insights from Advanced Energy United’s Leadership Forum

Posted by Rahiem Swann on Jan 9, 2025 9:30:00 AM

Meeting the Moment to Create A Stronger Advanced Energy Industry

Why be part of a multi-technology industry association? 

One might think about joining because of the need for a shared voice in helping to shape policy. Another, because they are seeking to build partnerships across technologies. While yet another may seek market expansion, or benefit from the shared knowledge that only comes from a community of stakeholders. 

These answers resonated with the attendees of Advanced Energy United’s annual Leadership Forum last month. The retreat-style gathering at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia was exclusively for business and policy leaders from across our membership. The event served as an opportunity to step away from our day-to-day work and come together to think creatively and collaboratively about the strategies needed to drive the energy transition. 

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NV Energy Proposes Additional Gas in 2024 IRP Despite Clean Affordable Alternatives

Posted by Callie McKenna on Dec 17, 2024 12:49:26 PM

NV Energy Should Be Investing Ratepayers Money in Clean Energy

The 2024 NV Energy Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) proceeding is coming to a close, with a decision expected from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) by December 20, 2024.

In Nevada, an IRP proceeding is conducted every three years with the goal of ensuring that NV Energy has the resources it needs to reliably and affordably serve Nevada’s electric customers and meet state policy goals. However, NV Energy’s proposed IRP, similar to those preceding it, exemplifies how the IRP process encourages investment in new gas resources, despite the availability of cheaper clean energy resources, such as Nevada’s abundant solar, geothermal, and distributed energy resources increasingly found on Nevadans rooftops and driveways. 

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Topics: Energy Efficiency, Economic Impact, Nevada, Virtual Power Plants

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