Mose Buchele
Senior Correspondent, Energy & EnvironmentMose Buchele is KUT's Senior Correspondent for Energy and Environment. He joined the staff at KUT in 2009 as a City Desk reporter. In 2011 he switched to his current beat with the launch of the station's three-year-long NPR partnership StateImpact Texas. He reports on local and state issues with a focus on climate change.
Before coming to KUT Mose worked as a civil servant at the United Nations Headquarters, a reporter for his hometown newspaper in Western Massachusetts and, briefly, as an assistant at a funeral home in Queens, among other things.
Mose has masters degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin and a BA in English Literature from McGill University in Montréal. His reporting has won numerous state and national awards.
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El operador de la red eléctrica en Texas emitió una alerta el martes indicando que la demanda de electricidad estaba muy cerca de superar la capacidad de suministro de la red. -
The state’s grid operator warned of a possible energy emergency on the grid Tuesday. It said slightly warmer-than-expected weather was part of the problem, but it was really the fact that coal, gas and nuclear power were offline all at once.
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The grid operator issued an alert Tuesday, warning that electricity demand on the grid was close to surpassing supply.
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La salida de Bob Kahn del Electric Reliability Council de Texas muestra cuán difícil será restaurar la confianza del público en los administradores de la red eléctrica.
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Bob Kahn's quick departure from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows just how difficult restoring public trust in the grid manager will be.
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It's understandable to think that if more homes use natural gas for heat than more people could stay warm during a blackout. But the opposite could be true.
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A bill filed to reduce federal oversight of the Texas fossil fuel industry could also force the closure of one of the state’s most iconic swimming holes.
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In a phone call billed as a primer on “The Texas Two Step,” Public Utility Commission of Texas Chair Arthur D'Andrea talked about a lot more than repricing. He talked about natural gas, falling trees, Austin Energy and frog boils.
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Some said the move would have saved companies and lowered electric rates for consumers hit by high prices in the storm.
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Texas Gas Service supplies natural gas to around 650,000 customers, including many in Central Texas. When gas supplies dropped during the storm, the company had to buy it at higher prices on the spot market.
