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Ercot’s Extremes: Weather, Solar and Bitcoin

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The Impact of the Texas Heat Wave on Energy Consumption

Oil and gas production out in the Permian, which is in the far west region of Texas, has tripled the demand in that region. But as Urcott as a whole, it's quite low percentage of total energy demand. So even though it's tripled in the PerMian Basin, it's actually just to break it down, not that big of a deal because the overall demand for the total grid is not a big deal.

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