Mark Gongloff, Columnist

How Elon Musk Could Help Keep Texas’ Lights On

It doesn’t even require top-secret battery projects.

March 11, 2021 at 9:55 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as he may have looked when he mocked Texas’ power grid.
Photographer: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

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