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Reliant Energy Donates $100,000 To Baylor Scott & White For COVID-19 Digital Tracker: Press Release

May 26, 2020

Baylor Scott & White Health announced today a $100,000 donation from Reliant in support of its MyBSWHealth mobile app. Launched in 2018, the MyBSWHealth app has emerged as a leading digital tool in Texas in the fight against COVID-19, providing nearly 175,000 digital screenings and more than 45,000 eVisits related to the virus. This process has allowed tens of thousands of Texans with mild symptoms to be evaluated outside of Baylor Scott & White clinics and emergency departments—further ensuring that hospitals are ready for those who need care most during this time….
 

Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Be Part of Profitable Grid-Scale Solar Projects: MIT

May 24, 2020

In search of an affordable post-market use for used electric vehicle batteries, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found what they say is a model for re-purposing at solar power installations.

At MIT’s Photovoltaics Research Laboratory, the researchers looked at a hypotheitical grid-scale solar farm in California, where they studied the economic feasibility of using an array of batteries from electric vehicles that had declined in productivity to about 80% of original capacity, considered of no use in vehicles because they were too weak.

They also looks at the similar costs for building a 2.5-megawatt solar farm alone — and then the cost of building that same solar farm but with an added new lithium battery storage system…..
 

Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for March 2020: RRC

May 22, 2020

Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for March 2020 came from 171,775 oil wells and 88,293 gas wells.

The RRC reports that from April 2019 to March 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.1 trillion cubic feet of total gas.

Crude oil production reported by the RRC is limited to oil produced from oil leases and does not include condensate, which is reported separately by the RRC.

For additional oil and gas production statistics, including the ranking of each Texas County by crude oil, total gas and condensate production, visit the RRC’s website by clicking here.

 

RRC Commissioners Assess More Than $400,000 in Penalties: News Release

May 21, 2020

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $413,046 in fines involving 311 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ Conference on May 20. The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety.

Two dockets involved$21,796 in penalties after operators failed to appear at Commission enforcement proceedings. Details on these Master Default Orders can be found on the RRC website here….