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Barry Smitherman - Texas Public Utility Commissioner
INTERVIEW CLIPS
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Nuclear
"It takes a very small amount of uranium to make a whole lot of electricity"
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Building Transmission for Wind Electricity
"I wish the country would make a commitment to stringing some wire"
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Electricity Generation Mix
"Unfortunately, wind and solar are rounding errors today"
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Smart Meters and Smart Grid
"When a customer gets a smart meter they reduce their consumption by 10 to 20%"
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Solar
"The sun doesn't always shine, so I can't go off the grid"
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Electric Cars and the Grid
"So here's my vision of the future"
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Natural Gas
"It has completely changed the landscape"
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Transmission from West Texas Wind Farms
"It may be the biggest renewable energy infrastructure project in the history of America"
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Intermittency and Electricity Storage
"When the wind stops blowing, we have to bring up gas units to keep the grid stable"
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Electric Grids
"In America we have 3 electric grids"
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The Price to Capture Carbon
"It takes a lot of energy to capture the carbon"
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Coal
"The new plants capture almost everything. Except the CO2"
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Energy Efficiency
"At some point we've grabbed all the low hanging fruit. Then it get's a little more challenging"
FULL INTERVIEW
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The Switch Interview
Barry Smitherman, Public Utility Commissioner
     

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