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Texas and Energy: The Alone Star State
Self-reliance is an admirable quality, but it’s no way to run a power market or adapt to a changing climate.
Going it alone.
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I’ve been thinking about something Rick Perry said in the middle of the Texas blackouts:
The former state governor and ex-U.S. energy secretary paints a stirring picture of shivering Texans shrugging off the long arm of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This reminds me of something another former official from the Lone Star state communicated when his fellow Texans were freezing in the dark; the ex-mayor of Colorado City’s dictum that “no one owes you or your family anything,” adding “Sink or swim, it’s your choice!”