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Panel: Permian transmission upgrades could unlock West Texas renewable projects
Summary
Developers and AEP Texas told a San Angelo panel that ERCOT/PUCT-backed Permian transmission upgrades and long-term power purchase agreements are the key to unlocking stalled wind, solar and storage projects in West Texas.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Developers and utility staff on a public panel in San Angelo said accelerated transmission upgrades aimed at the Permian Basin and stable offtake contracts are central to bringing more wind, solar and storage online in West Texas.
Faith Tyler, a developer with Apex, said the region has “every ingredient needed to make an excellent renewable energy project,” but that "the lifeline of the project, the transmission, is becoming a problem." She pointed to delays in transmission capacity that constrained development until ERCOT and state policy spurred planned upgrades.
Fred Guerrero, external affairs manager for AEP Texas' San Angelo district, described legislative steps that directed ERCOT and…
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