Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market. https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is https://linktr.ee/douglewin Doug’s Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/ Doug Lewin: https://twitter.com/douglewinenergy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:52 Intro 01:36 Doug Lewin 02:21 Current state of the Texas grid 08:50 What energy source is to blame for failures? 11:13 Bad / Good Reductivity 15:56 House insulation & energy demand 22:15 Soulutions? 28:49 New power generation 34:46 Central planning of Texas grid 38:21 Energy storage 41:33 Bitcoin & critical flexible loads 44:03 2023 predictions MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV