Legislative Response to Winter Storm Leaves Some Doubting
“SB3 does an OK job of requiring regulatory bodies to develop weatherization standards and have rules and penalties in place. Those are good things,” Beth Garza, a senior fellow with R Street Institute and former director of ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor, said during a media briefing last week. “What hasn’t been addressed is any kind of energy efficiency or demand-side actions to improve the usage, the lower and controlled requirements for electricity.”
