A management structure for the Permanent School Fund similar to UTIMCO at the Permanent University Fund would be a positive step toward maintaining the integrity of the fund. It would give the State Board of Education authority over the fund commensurate with their responsibilities and provide them the necessary financial expertise.
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...