Texas’ TEL is flawed and needs to be improved. One such improvement is to limit the growth of all state and local government spending to population growth plus inflation. Ultimately, taxpayers shoulder the burden of paying for government; therefore, government should shoulder the burden of protecting the taxpayer.
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