I spend a large part of Wednesdays at the NM Public Regulation Commission Zoom meetings and also read material from a five day a week newsletter on Clean Energy and the Electric Utility Industry.

Here are some highlights as not all of the three to five articles in each newsletter are likely to be of interest.

I include the Title of the article and then the web link, so if the title does not get your interest, let it go.

How US Grid Operators Plan To Tackle Energy Storage at Gigawatt Scale

Batteries and hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects will be a massive grid resource. Transmission grids and energy markets will need to adapt.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-u.s-grid-operators-plan-to-tackle-energy-storage-at-gigawatt-scale?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily

Hawaii’s Bold Step Into Utility Performance-Based Ratemaking

The first-of-its-kind structure will replace capex imperatives with a formula to hold customer bills in check — and reward HECO for beating renewable energy and other key targets.

I STRONGLY SUGGEST READING THIS ARTICLE AS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HAWAII SHOULD BE HAPPENING AT ALL PUC'S/

Texas Energy System Faces a Winter Reckoning

Widespread power plant failures spur calls for better weatherization and an examination of bulk power market structures.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/texas-energy-system-faces-a-winter-reckoning?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily

New Mexico does not have this problem as the Utilities learned from the 2011 weather issue.

The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Question of Fuel Diversity for the Decarbonized Grid

Climate-change-proofing the grid will require expanding and hardening natural gas networks or building redundancy into a renewables-rich grid.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-latest-polar-vortex-resurrects-the-fuel-diversity-question-as-the-us-pursues-decarbonization?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_cam

I hope that the TX natural gas producers weatherize their production of gas, but if not done, then the natural gas needed in NM will have to come from NM sources.