Claire Hao
@clairehao_
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Reporting on energy & the TX power grid for @HoustonChron • From the Mitten State, alum @michigandaily • ✉️: [email protected] • RT ≠ endorsement
Joined February 2019
actually lol’d today watching this scene from king of the hill about the power grid (yes, it will be my new header)
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RT @jodyschmal: This also means we will very soon be hiring an additional food writer to join us. Shoot me an email if interested.
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RT @sgonzalezkelly: The @HoustonChron is hiring an immigration reporter. Tremendous opportunity here, anyone who's interested in applying f…
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RT @eliz_sander: I spoke to Katy ISD students who said the gender policy that passed last year impacted their GSA clubs and emboldened a ha…
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RT @alanfossler: CenterPoint Energy donates generator to East Aldine community center, via @clairehao_ via @housto…
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Why does ERCOT say Texas needs 3,000+ miles of new power lines in the first place? (For context, that's longer than a cross-country drive from SF to NYC.) We're outgrowing our grid. Not building more lines could lead to higher power costs or even outages:
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RT @KeatonPeters: In December, the 5th Circuit fined ExxonMobil $14.25M for emissions at its Baytown refinery from 2005-13. Pollution did…
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RT @sara_dinatale: Will Texas finally crack down on the solar industry's bad actors? Sen. Zaffirini filed a new bill that creates sales reg…
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NEW: Texas A&M has picked four companies to explore building advanced nuclear reactors at its Rellis research campus in Bryan. It wants $200M from #txlege to do this. The companies are: Kairos Power, Natura Resources, Aalo Atomics and Terrestrial Energy.
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This afternoon, CenterPoint also withdrew another December application to increase the average household's bill by $1.83/month. The company cited the need to adjust this application after settling the above-mentioned rate case.
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“This is a crazy idea... But we looked at the numbers, and they didn't suggest that this is impossible.” Last week, I saw @QuaiseEnergy show off its technology, seemingly out of a science fiction novel, to try to drill deeper than ever for geothermal:
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My Thursday evening plans:
Tune in tonight at 6pm CT to stream live conversations with clean energy experts, including @clairehao_, @HBJNaomi, @douglewinenergy, @TimMLatimer, @JulianSpector, and @drvolts! Join the livestream:
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RT @abbschurch: 🚨@HoustonChron is searching for its next local government editor🚨 There’s no shortage of interesting stories in Houston an…
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"Our discussions focused on how Texas — renowned for its go-big ethos — can become the powerhouse of the AI revolution much like Michigan was for the auto industry in the early 20th Century."
Texas under consideration for more Stargate projects, prompting hopes of AI rush via @houstonchron
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Breaking: CenterPoint has agreed to a rate decrease of ~$1 per month for the average residential customer. In total, the settlement agreement would result in $50 million less revenue per year for CenterPoint.
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RT @carolineghisolf: Fifty-seven landfills. Three hundred and fifty dry cleaners. Nine hundred and seventy-eight underground petroleum tank…
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RT @sgonzalezkelly: Wrote about how Houston Dems, like many across the country, have not come out against Trump's immigration orders as for…
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