The Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas is a defined-benefit pension system that provides more than 1.5 million Texans a payout in retirement. TRS is six times larger than the next public pension plan in Texas. Texas must secure teachers’ retirement by ensuring TRS is actuarially sound, but, more importantly, by giving teachers control over their livelihood through structural reforms to TRS.
Energy & Environment
An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan
An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan And Alternative Approaches to Enable Cost-Effective Growth WRITTEN BY Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. KEY POINTS • The need for the 765-kV STEP is driven by an overbuilding of wind and solar across Texas, particularly in West Texas and South Texas,...
June 2, 2026