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TEBA fights anti-energy bills, warns of future impact

Communications
06/26/2025

The 2025 regular Texas Legislative Session is over, and the state’s competitive energy market survived it. A few anti-energy bills that would have weakened the state’s abundant, reliable, low-cost power — and that still passed one chamber of the legislature — were ultimately stopped.

Through the session, TEBA’s team actively advocated for policies that advance reliable and affordable clean energy, reduce power bills, protect the state’s energy market, and allow a strong diversity of energy resources to meet Texas’s future power needs. In several session wrap-up stories, TEBA praised the legislature for stopping anti-energy legislation but warned about the signal that such bills send to employers who want to invest in Texas.

Full Report: Cost Benefit Analysis of 765-kV Transmission Facilities in ERCOT

Communications
06/10/2025

Siemens PTI’s analysis confirms that the 765-kV transmission system offers significant economic, reliability, and sustainability benefits over the 345-kV alternative, supporting the case for its development in ERCOT.

New Study Supports ERCOT’s Extra High-Voltage Plan for Texas Grid

News Releases
06/10/2025

AUSTIN — A new study shows that building more powerful electricity lines — called extra high-voltage energy transmission lines (EVH) — could significantly boost the Texas power grid’s ability to deliver electricity. This would mean more dependable power and lower energy costs for all Texans.

The study, conducted by Siemens PTI and commissioned by the Texas Energy Buyers Alliance (TEBA) and Google, found that higher capacity 765-kilovolt (kV) electricity systems would significantly outperform the standard 345-kV lines currently in use.

TEBA Praises PUCT’s High-Voltage Transmission Decision

News Releases
04/25/2025

Austin, Texas (April 24, 2025) — The Texas Energy Business Alliance (TEBA) praised today’s landmark decision by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to build extra high-voltage (also known as 765-kilovolt) transmission lines to serve the Permian Basin’s rapidly growing electricity needs.

TEXAS TRIBUNE: With Texas facing soaring electricity demand, the politics of energy quietly shift at the Capitol

Communications
03/11/2025

As TEBA’s Bryn Baker says in this Texas Tribune story, “These resources materially contribute to having enough power on the system and also being able to do it most affordably. (Maintaining) the ability for all resources to play in the market is critical for Texas to maintain its energy leadership, as well as economic leadership.

READ THE OP-ED: Texas needs to invest big in energy transmission to be competitive

Communications
02/27/2025

Texas is in the middle of a years-long conversation about how to generate energy to meet the need for speed: how will the state’s power grid serve fast-growing new loads and the economic benefits they bring?

The question of how we move electricity around our great state is just as important.

The Austin American Statesman on Sunday published an op-ed by Bryn Baker, the Texas Energy Buyers Alliance’s (TEBA’s) senior director of policy, that highlights the state’s profound opportunity to plan and invest in a transmission system that will meet the state’s 21 st century needs. She also notes the very real economic danger Texas will face if leaders don’t rise to this challenge…

The impact of future deployments of renewable energy on local wholesale electricity prices and bills in ERCOT

Communications
02/11/2025

In total, we estimate that not allowing renewables past 2025 would result in about $115 billion higher wholesale market costs in ERCOT between 2025 and 2040.

Across all regions, we estimate that renewables would reduce energy costs by about 12% for commercial customers.

For a relatively small business that uses 5,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every month, that’s a savings of more than $625 every year from 2025-2040.
For a larger manufacturer using 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each month, renewables result in an average savings of about $12,450 per year between 2025 and 2040.

PRESS RELEASE: Renewables and Storage Will Save Texans $115 Billion Over the Next 15 Years

News Releases
02/11/2025

Austin, Texas (February 10, 2025) — A Texas Energy Buyers Alliance (TEBA) report released today shows that if the Texas Legislature passes laws that slow or stop renewable energy and storage development, electricity costs will go up significantly and it would leave the grid less reliable.

The study finds that blocking future renewable energy and storage projects will cost Texans about $115 billion in higher wholesale prices over the next 15 years for both residential and commercial consumers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market

The study, conducted by IdeaSmiths LLC, found that renewable energy resources reduce electricity costs by 12% for the average Texas business. In some regions, especially across West Texas, savings are even higher — up to 18%.

Solar, Wind & Energy Storage Will Save Texans $115 billion in 15 years

Communications
02/10/2025

A new Texas Energy Buyers Alliance study shows that Texans will pay about $115 billion more in wholesale ERCOT market costs over the next 15 years if the Texas Legislature passes laws that slow or stop renewable energy and storage development. Such laws would also leave the grid less reliable.

“Texas’ economic miracle is due in part to low-cost clean energy. If we want the miracle to continue, we need to improve reliability, add dispatchable generation, and control costs by continuing on Texas’ transformational, nation-leading clean energy path. These goals are not mutually exclusive.”

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