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From RTO Insider:
Texas regulators threw another curveball at ERCOT market participants last week, backing away from a market design they seemed to favor a year ago and moving toward a hybrid…
Nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “What does not kill me makes me stronger.”[1] Those who lived through Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, however, may…
From NPR’s Planet Money:
ALEXI HOROWITZ-GHAZI, HOST:
February of 2021 was brutal for the state of Texas. There…
From RTO Insider:
R Street Institute senior fellow Beth Garza, who testified before the committee during its first meeting, agreed with Mickey’s comments. ERCOT’s former market monitor,…
In the criminal justice reform community, Texas has long been considered the “how to” leader for other red states looking to implement smart-on-crime reforms. This includes measures that save…
Texans suffered a catastrophe in February 2021. It occurred for many reasons, including insufficient cold-weather preparations of all systems—electricity, natural gas, water and…
Published in WFAA:
“My quick reaction is that the salary is not out of line with” the salaries of the CEOs of other power grids, said Beth Garza, ERCOT’s former independent grid…
From Marketplace:
“The fundamental difference in the Texas electricity market from other places in the country are that the only way generators in Texas get paid are when they generate,” said…
From RTO Insider:
Beth Garza, a senior fellow with public policy research firm R Street Institute and ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor from 2014 to 2019, pointed to ERCOT’s statutory status…
From the Alison Morrow Show:
Texans are facing the possibility of more power outages this summer after blackouts over the winter left people in the cold for several days. Recently amid heat waves,…