Doug Lewin

@douglewinenergy
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⚡ Energy Expert | Renewables & Efficiency
🎙 Host: Energy Capital Podcast
📜 Author: Texas Energy & Power Newsletter
🌎 Founder of Stoic Energy
Doug LewinJun 19, 2025
SEIA’s Sean Gallagher & Daniel Giese joined me to talk about the meteoric rise of solar & storage in Texas, energy impacts from the recently concluded #txlege session & the disastrous consequences of the federal budget bill if it passes in its current form
https://www.douglewin.com/p/economic-eclipse-congress-tries-to
Economic Eclipse: Congress Tries to Block the Sun with SEIA's Sean Gallagher & Daniel Giese

SEIA’s Gallagher & Giese joined me to talk about the meteoric rise of solar & storage in Texas, the recently concluded state legislative session, and the many problems with the federal budget bill

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Doug LewinJun 18, 2025
ERCOT Board will hear that three of the hottest six summers ever recorded were 2022, 2023, 2024 & ERCOT's meteorologist expects 2025 to be as hot or hotter. Also, the generator queue remains strong; large load queue grows; ADER pilot to enter Phase 3.
https://www.douglewin.com/p/high-demand-expected-for-another
High Demand Expected for Another Hotter Than Normal Summer: Grid Roundup #65

An ERCOT Board Meeting preview edition of the Grid Roundup: climate change is impacting the grid; generator queue remains strong; large load queue grows; ADERs to enter Phase 3

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Doug LewinJun 17, 2025
Budget bill would raise Texas electricity costs by >$300 and cost 100,000 jobs; ERCOT's connect-and-manage works well; utility rates of return are way too high; shoulder season thermal plant outages threaten grid reliability; and more here:
https://www.douglewin.com/p/texas-to-lose-over-100000-jobs-reading
Texas To Lose Over 100,000 Jobs: Reading & Podcast Picks

Impacts to Texas of the budget bill; ERCOT's connect-and-manage works well; utility rates of return are way too high; shoulder season thermal plant outages threaten grid reliability; and more

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Doug LewinJun 17, 2025
There's a new all-time renewable generation record in ERCOT with solar & wind combining for 46,320 megawatts today, good enough for 60% of demand most of a high demand (~77GW) day. Beats the old record by 3,000 MW! Wholesale cost of power is very low despite the heat @ ~$20/MWh.
Doug LewinJun 17, 2025
Today was #2 all-time for batteries & #4 all-time for solar in ERCOT, per Grid Status. Demand exceeded 76,000 megawatts, well short of the June record, but those batteries were needed as 15,000 MW of gas & coal plants were offline today. Rare to see this many outages in June.
Doug LewinJun 13, 2025
https://youtu.be/mgXIoeL4bOY?si=pI9_Rb6aeT4pBHKk
Energy Submission: The Cost of Losing to China

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Doug LewinJun 12, 2025
Solar power generation is up 52% so far this year compared to last year & consumption is also surging in Texas with 7.5% more energy used in the first 5 months of this year. Key ERCOT workshops on large loads & residential DR coming up tomorrow and Monday.
https://www.douglewin.com/p/solar-power-and-energy-consumption
Solar Power and Energy Consumption Both Up Sharply in Texas in 2025, Grid Roundup #64

A look at generation and consumption so far in 2025; ERCOT will host a workshop on large loads tomorrow and one on residential demand response Monday; PUC requests comments on DER interconnection

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Doug LewinJun 11, 2025
Too many in Washington seem resigned to China’s electro-dominance. It’s a terrible mistake.
https://www.douglewin.com/p/energy-submission
Energy Submission

Too many in Washington seem resigned to China’s electro-dominance. It’s a terrible mistake.

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Doug LewinJun 9, 2025
Power demand was above 77 gigawatts today, extraordinary demand for a Sunday. All-time June record is ~80GW. No conservation alerts because we had plenty of spare capacity. 50% of power on peak came from wind & solar. Wholesale power prices were very low. #txlege #txenergy
Doug LewinJun 8, 2025
Higher consumer electricity prices are coming if the House's budget bill becomes law; data centers and gas plants; record Permian oil production; Trump executive orders on coal plants; and more #txlege #txenergy
https://www.douglewin.com/p/consumers-in-the-crosshairs-reading
Consumers in the Crosshairs: Reading & Podcast Picks, June 8, 2025

Higher consumer electricity prices if the House's budget bill becomes law; data centers and gas turbines; record Permian oil production; Trump executive orders on coal plants; and more

The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter