Secretary of Energy: Trump powering oil and gas comeback
By Dan Brouillette The coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the oil and gas industry in Texas and around the nation. The sudden decline in demand and collapse in prices, followed by job losses and company bankruptcies, has been unlike anything we have seen in decades, perhaps in the industry’s history. Since 1901, when […]
Thousands Oppose Bid to Undo Net Metering
By Michael Kuser and Rich Heidorn Jr. Thousands of individuals and groups urged FERC to reject a request by a purported ratepayer group to outlaw net metering for rooftop solar generation. As the comment deadline closed Monday, the commission had received more than 500 individual comments or requests to intervene in the docket opened in […]
Renewable energy and the free market economy
How the heavy-handed federal government is straying from its free market ideals and slowing down the renewable energy industry. Take FERC’s recent mandated Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in the PJM market, for example. JUNE 1, 2020 SHIVAPRIYA BALASUBRAMANIAN apitalism and the free market economy have helped create the world we live in today. This […]
The New Frontier for Texas Electricity Competition: Enabling Distributed Resources and Avoiding Price Controls
Texas has the freest electricity market in the nation. Most of the state operates under its own electric grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). And with a few exceptions, the market for electric generation within ERCOT is wide open to competition. Over the past two decades, competition for wholesale and retail […]
Commentary: Energy storage is a game-changer for Texas
By Matt Welch and Suzanne Bertin New battery technologies and innovations are paving the way.The phrases “turning winds” and a “a new sun rising” are often used to describe change, and these metaphors could not be more appropriate in describing our energy system today, as the wind and sun themselves are driving the transformation. Even […]
Statewide Poll Shows Strong Support Across Party Lines for Free Market Energy Solutions and Increased Competition Innovative technologies and capital investments are widely supported
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 4, 2020Contact: Matt Welch – [email protected] Statewide Poll Shows Strong Support Across Party Lines forFree Market Energy Solutions and Increased CompetitionInnovative technologies and capital investments are widely supported AUSTIN, Texas — Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI) today released its second annual statewide poll that demonstrates Texas voters’ strong support of public […]
DUB TAYLOR JOINS ADVISORY BOARD OF CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION
Former Head of Texas Energy Conservation Office Brings Decades of Clean Energy Expertise AUSTIN, TEXAS (April 6, 2020) . . . Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI) announced today that Dub Taylor has joined the organization’s Advisory Board. For more than 25 years, Dub Taylor has helped advance cost-effective, clean energy technology and policy through […]
Wind Turbines: Killing the market or just a few deals?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview •Market overview: what does wind production look like in the U.S. and Texas? •Future of wind production: should we expect wind turbine graveyards? •Contract structures: what to look for? •Land values: killing the market or just killing a couple deals? •Separating wind rights from surface rights: does it make sense?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is […]
Commentary: Here comes the Texas sun
By Matt Welch, For the Express-News Published 4:00 pm CST, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 A new Texas energy source is figuratively (and literally) just over the horizon. We are all too familiar with the hot Texas sun that can easily fry an egg on the sidewalk and sends us running into air conditioning. But that […]
It’s Time for Conservatives to Own the Climate-Change Issue
By DAN CRENSHAW March 3, 2020 11:58 AM My proposal resists the flawed reasoning of the radical Left while embracing market-based solutions to reduce carbon emissions. There is an interesting political tactic often employed by the Left, and it follows a predictable pattern. First, identify a problem most of us can agree on. Second, elevate […]
