Opinion: Texas’ rare opportunity to fix the energy marketplace
By Suzanne Bertin Abundant natural resources, free markets, and a strong commitment to innovation have long positioned Texas as an energy leader. However, Texans’ faith in that leadership was tested this year during Winter Storm Uri, and our state is still looking for solutions to reliably keep the lights on. After the storm, the Texas legislature […]
Texas grid reform should make every megawatt count
Josiah Neeley, R Street Institute Aug. 20, 2021 “Is the Texas grid fixed?” It’s a question I’ve gotten a lot from friends and family over the past few months. Texans strongly want to avoid a repeat of the February blackouts that cost billions, led to over a hundred deaths and gave the state a political black […]
Attacking Texas’ renewable energy won’t keep the lights on
Policymaker should embrace renewables and address reliability by incentivizing new technology and reducing demand. By Michael E. Webber 1:30 AM on Jul 24, 2021 CDT This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability. Find the full series here: Keeping the Lights […]
Rethinking the future of refueling
How solar plus storage plus EVs equals energy freedom. Michael Lee, May 27 2021 Michael Lee is CEO of Octopus Energy U.S. and co-founder of Evolve Energy, which was acquired by Octopus Energy in 2020. This contributed content represents the views of the author, not those of Canary Media. Many questions remain around the circumstances […]
Texas must lead the future of carbon capture development
BY MATT WELCH CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION Matt Welch is the state director of Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation, a statewide organization that promotes free enterprise, increased competition and less government regulation in the energy economy. Opportunity is knocking at Texas’ door. We should quickly open it to welcome technology that allows us to continue […]
Traditionally red Texas experiencing green jobs boom
Dallas, Texas — In the heart of Texas, green jobs are booming. After its completion in early 2022, the Samson solar farm is set to be the largest in the country, spanning over three counties. “Out of the 600 folks we have on-site, they’re happy to be here, they’re happy to get a paycheck and feed […]
SWING AND A MISS: Wall Street Journal Article Takes Aim At Texas Energy Markets And Misses By A Lot
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article asserting that Texans in deregulated electric markets had paid $28 billion more for power since 2004 than they would have paid to a traditional utility. The authors made that statement based on a faulty comparison between what consumers in competitive retail markets had paid compared with the energy […]
Legislative Alert – House Bill 16
DON’T ABANDON OUR FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES As conservative Texans, we embrace the concept of choice because it fosters competition which leads to lower prices. Texas’ competitive electricity market is the envy of the world because of the choice and freedom it offers. It allows residential customers the freedom to choose the products that meet their […]
Lessons from the 2021 Texas electricity crisis
The following is a contributed article by Peter Cramton, Professor of Economics at the University of Cologne and the University of Maryland (emeritus since 2018). He was vice chair and an independent director of the ERCOT board before resigning on February 24, 2021. During four frigid days in mid-February, the Texas electricity market had more […]
CARBON CAPTURE IN TEXAS
by KENNETH B. MEDLOCK III | KEILY MILLER Since mid-2019, the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has convened a diverse group of stakeholders – consisting of corporations, industry special interest groups, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – to explore the deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies […]
