In an op-ed for the Austin American-Stateman, Matthew Boms—United Managing Director and Executive Director for the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance— discusses how the Texas grid held up in the face of record-breaking electricity demand and extreme heat, highlighting the state's diverse energy resource mix, which includes an abundance of solar and energy storage. Source
The Houston Chronicle reports that Texas' power grid operator, ERCOT, hit a new all-time record for electricity demand, reaching over 90,000MW. Matthew Boms—United Managing Director and Executive Director for the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance—noted that the Texas grid is holding up well in the face of rising energy demand and extreme heat, pointing to increased advanced energy deployment in bolstering the state's power system. Source
In a recent interview with KVUE's Ashley Goudeau, Matthew Boms, United Managing Director and Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, discussed how the Texas grid has changed since 2021, and why investing in durable advanced energy resources—like solar and battery storage—is a proven solution that can help keep the lights on and costs low, while strengthening grid reliability long-term. Source
The Texas Tribune reports that ERCOT's new process for vetting energization requests from energy-intensive facilities will be reviewed and potentially approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) this week. Matthew Boms, Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, highlighted that Texas as a state is welcoming all of these growth opportunities, but ERCOT and the PUCT have to separate real projects from paper projects in order to protect grid reliability. Source
As Texas power grid operators prepare for an influx of data centers, Houston Public Media reports that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will potentially begin a study of data centers that would use a new evaluation process for adding projects to the power system. Matthew Boms, Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance, stated that ERCOT's new process could help create a more reliable grid. Source
Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA) Executive Director Matthew Boms delivered testimony before the Texas House Committee on State Affairs during an interim hearing on Microgrids and distributed energy resources (DERs) in Texas. Boms urged Texas lawmakers to modernize the state's distribution planning framework to take full advantage of rapidly evolving distributed energy technologies. Source
San Antonio Express-News reports on how surging data center demand is creating planning challenges for Texas utilities, including the city-owned CPS Energy. Matthew Boms, Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (United's state affiliate), highlighted that data centers are increasingly bringing their own generation sources by investing in solar, battery, and wind projects to help reduce grid strain while supporting reliability statewide. Source
As utilities once again seek to raise electric rates, a new study commissioned by the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA) finds that better use of existing, customer-owned energy technologies could save Texans $18.9 billion over the next decade. Source
This new report from Advanced Energy United's state affiliate Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), produced by Demand Side Analytics, finds that Texas could save billions by better integrating distributed energy resources (DERs)–like rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart appliances–into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s (ERCOT) grid planning and market operations. Source
Axios Austin reports on the rollback of key federal incentives from H.R. 1, and the impacts they pose on Texas’ advanced energy economy. Matt Boms of TAEBA discussed the benefits of advanced energy solutions in bolstering Texas’ grid, highlighting that wind and solar supplied about one-third of all power for the Texas grid operator, ERCOT. […] Source
In an article for Bloomberg Law, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance's (United's state affiliate) Executive Director, Matthew Boms, highlights how advanced energy solutions—including wind, solar, battery storage, and demand response technologies—are bolstering the state's economy, increasing grid reliability, and helping meet rising load growth. Source
This new report from Advanced Energy United's state affiliate Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), produced by Demand Side Analytics, finds that Texas could save billions by better integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) – like rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart appliances – into Oncor’s grid planning and ERCOT’s market operations. Source