In the news today…
Grid:
- Austin American-Statesman report that Federal regulators find Texas’ grid is nearly as vulnerable to collapse as it was last year when a winter storm caused widespread outages; state officials say the report is inaccurate and that they’ve made improvements.
- Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that a northern Michigan municipal utility considers offering customers a demand response program that would help reduce power use during peak times.
Minerals:
- Casper Star Tribune reports a nascent arm of the Wyoming mining industry stands to benefit from incentives baked into recent federal law.