Competition has worked quite well to ensure reliability and affordable prices in Texas. Making capacity payments to generators is not necessary and would introduce complex and uncompetitive elements that would adversely impact Texas’ competitive market.
Border Security
Broadening Our Threat Perception: Iran’s Texas-Pakistani Network
Too many policymakers think of the Iranian regime as solely a Middle Eastern matter. But with attentions focused elsewhere, a powerful network of South Asian Shia Islamists operates with near impunity much closer—across the state of Texas. On March 13, a Pakistani Shia mosque in Houston, named the Ali Center, hosted a commemoration for the...
June 2, 2026