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The Blockspace Pod: Understanding ERCOT’...

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ERCOT is overhauling how it processes and approves large load interconnections. Here are the changes that are under consideration. Subscribe to the Blockspace newsletter! Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Tom Kleckner, a veteran energy correspondent at RTO Insider, joins us to talk about how ERCOT is overhauling the Texas grid to handle the ... Show More
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