Electricity Policy
Publications
From R Street Insitute:
The February blackouts in Texas left millions in the dark and the financial implications will continue to reverberate for years. Since that time, we have seen a flurry…
From The Virginian-Pilot:
But energy experts at the R Street Institute have identified several ways in which competition has improved generator performance, including that competitive markets have…
Comments of the R Street Institute
I. Issue Summary
On March 16, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) issued a notice regarding a technical conference inviting…
Bipartisan appetite for electric infrastructure is one of the few things mounting as fast as our public debt these days. This prompt for ambitious-yet-fiscally-constrained infrastructure expansion…
In response to a recent legislative hearing in the Texas House of Representatives on the Texas outages, State Rep. Jared Patterson made the following remark via Twitter:
Rep….
From Texas Public Radio:
“It just feels like there’s… this huge overhang over the whole market — that somehow needs to be reconciled,” said Beth Garza, a senior fellow with the R Street…
From S&P Global:
Beth Garza, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, a nonpartisan public policy research organization, who until recently headed Potomac Economics’ independent market…
From Texas Caucus on Climate, Environment, and the Energy Industry:
R Street’s Beth Garza discusses Texas electric grid failures and policy recommendations.
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Since the February blackouts in Texas, a wide variety of individuals and groups have proposed ways to prevent widespread outages from happening again. These proposals have ranged from the sensible to…
From Bob Murphy Show:
The video corresponding to ep. 189 of the Bob Murphy Show, which originally aired on March 22, 2021. For more details and relevant links for additional material go to:…