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Episode: The Blockspace Pod: Understanding ERCOT’s Massive Overhaul w/ Tom Kleckner
Description: ERCOT is overhauling how it processes and approves large load interconnections. Here are the changes that are under consideration.
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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 unprecedented AI boom. We dive into the massive 233GW interconnection queue, the impact of Senate Bill 6 on transmission costs, and new reliability measures like DRRS. Tom breaks down the "batch process" for large loads and whether Bitcoin...