Since its inception in 1989, the Foundation has emphasized the importance of limited government, private enterprise, private property rights, and the rule of law. Specifically, the Foundation seeks to further higher education policymaking within the scope of its mission through its Center for Higher Education led by the distinguished Dr. Thomas Lindsay. It is with this background and experience that the Foundation files this Brief in support of Petitioner Wallace L. Hall, Jr., in his Official Capacity as Regent for the University of Texas System. The Foundation’s Brief supplements Petitioner’s legal arguments and contextualizes the case within the larger policy network and supports this Court’s granting the Petition for Review.
Fool Me Twice: Why the Texas Grid is Still Vulnerable to Winter Storms | Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem
Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem Five years after Winter Storm Uri, the ERCOT grid is still not ready for the next major winter storm. The first two installments of this series showed that demand has grown more than 20% since 2021 while firm generation capacity has barely budged, and the...