Dan Patrick says Texas will build new natural gas power plants itself if private sector doesn’t

Beth Garza, an energy fellow at the R Street Institute who served as the ERCOT market’s state-contracted watchdog from 2014 to 2019, said having the state build power plants would discourage any future private investment.

“If he goes through with the idea of the state building power plants, he better be prepared for the state to build all of the state’s future generation,” Garza said.