The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter
Texas Energy & Power Media, Micalah Spenrath, Joshua Rhodes, Matt Boms, Robert Curran, Tiffany Wu, Seyi Fabode, NateA newsletter, podcast, and community with clear analysis of Texas’s electric grid, clean energy transition, utility policy, and lessons that apply nationwide. New posts weekly.
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The Distributed Future
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Matt Boms is Executive Director of TAEBA, the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance. He has served on the Texas ADER and Backup Power advisory committees. He holds a master's in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics.
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