SB 736 and HB 1685 will foster competition in the Texas statewide electricity market by eliminating the authority of the General Land Office (GLO) to sell electricity to certain governmental entities. This will decrease government interference and increase efficiency in the Texas electricity market.
Energy & Environment
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...
February 12, 2026