Texas Power Grid to Lose Key Oversight as Winter Looms
- Carrie Bivens criticized rules that eroded market efficiency
- Will McAdams was first new commissioner after 2021 blackouts
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Two key figures in the oversight of Texas’ power infrastructure are set to resign at a critical time for the second-largest US state amid booming electricity demand.
Carrie Bivens, the independent market monitor for the Texas grid, plans to step down, the Public Utility Commission of Texas confirmed on Wednesday. Bivens, appointed in 2020, emerged as a vocal critic of power-market reforms after a deadly winter storm in early 2021.