Competition is (Still) Working in the Texas Electricity Market

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Rachael Lanier

Competition is (Still) Working in the Texas Electricity Market includes Texas’s competitive electricity market remains a success over a decade later.

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Transmission Trouble

The Public Utility Commission of Texas should pause implementation of ERCOT’s Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP) and carefully evaluate more affordable, reliable alternatives before committing Texans to the largest transmission projects in state history. While Texas faces growing electricity demand from population growth, industrial expansion, and data centers, STEP fails to address the state’s most...

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TPPF Releases New Research on ERCOT’s 765-kv Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan

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Forecasting the Future of the ERCOT Grid, Part 1: The Ongoing Winter Reliability Challenge

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