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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Texas has undergone an energy revolution, and even has its own power grid to service the vast State’s needs, but while some claim renewables are the future, others are staunch supporters of oil and gas. How do the two sides fit together? Joe Miller speaks to Jim Briggs, deputy City Manager in Georgetown, which despite its Republican politics, has gone 100% renewable. He also hears from author Kate Galbriath, about how wind energy has a long history in Texas and has sat side by side with oil for decades. Joe also hears from ERCOT, the Texas energy grid, about how they manage supply and demand, and from Fred Beach an energy policy expert from the University of Austin about the motivation for the switch to renewables in places like Georgetown.
(Photo: Georgetown Town Square. Credit: City of Georgetown)
(Photo: Georgetown Town Square. Credit: City of Georgetown)
Released:
Sep 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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