Grid Economics Publications

       What Deregulation Has Done to Texas Energy (Short Video)

• "A Decade of Deliberate Inaction: Root Causes and Fallout from the Deadly Texas Power Failure of 2021" Power For Tomorrow, January 2022

• “Texas Suffers from Soviet-style Electricity Distribution System” February 22, 2013, with Paul W. MacAvoy 

• "Texas Is Failing To Fix The Grid (Again)" Forbes, May 11, 2025

• "Hirs: The State of Texas vs. Texans - A Matter of Life, Death and Money" Hart Energy, September 5, 2024

• "What CenterPoint and regulators need to do now" Houston Chronicle, July 19, 2024

• "Houston's Hurricane Beryl electricity outages -- assigning blame and action needed now" KHOU, July 14, 2024

• "Cheap Natural Gas Means Lower Electricity Prices Except in Texas" Forbes, April 16, 2024

• "ERCOT requests generators to halt maintenance this week due to the warmer climate" KHOU, April 15, 2024

• "Will low and negative West Texas natural gas prices mean a savings for you?" KHOU, April 15, 2024

• "No shining example: Texas-style electric deregulation is bad for consumers" December 8, 2023

• "Commentary: Reaganomics and The Texas Grid" Hart Energy, September 13, 2023 

• "Here's why your electricity bill is likely going up" khou, August 16, 2023 

• "ERCOT Update: Texans' Electricity Bills Are Going Up -- And It May Not Be Legal" Forbes, July 23, 2023

• "The use of Batteries on ERCOT grid -- an explainer" khou, June 27, 2023

• "Texas Supreme Court rules that ERCOT gets sovereign immunity" khou, June 23, 2023

• "Get Ready to Pay Much More For Electricity" Victoria Advocate, June 22, 2023

• "The Future Texas Grid And How to Get There" Forbes, May 12, 2023

• "Who's Winning Texas' Bet on Crypto?" Barron's, September 29, 2022

• "Will ERCOT Fail Texans this Summer?" Austin American-Statesman, June 5, 2022  

• "Deregulated U.S. Energy Markets Are Set for a Tough Summer" Barron's, May 31, 2022

• "Deliberate inaction: Root causes of Texas power failure yet to be addressed" Houston Chronicle, February 14, 2022

• "Texans will see high electricity bills in March, thanks to winter storm" Dallas Morning News, September 26, 2021 

• "The Lone Star State could become 'The Blackout State'" The Hill, June 17, 2021

• "ERCOT - Generators' Revenues Less Than Costs For 8 Out Of 10 Years" June 4, 2021

• "How Market Disincentives Are Again Squeezing The Texas Power Grid" Forbes, April 19, 2021

• "The Texas Grid Loses - to Arizona, New York, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia" Dallas Morning News, March 16, 2021

• "Texas' Grid Vulnerability Endangers The Entire Nation" Houston Chronicle, March 12, 2021

• "Texas Grid Failure: Why More Heads Need To Roll" Forbes, March 2, 2021

• "Why Texans Are Cold And In The Dark" The Washington Post, February 18, 2021

•  "Climate, Energy, And Essential Infrastructure in Texas" Forbes, December 23, 2020 

•  “How to fix Texas’ Soviet-style electricity market” The Houston Chronicle, August 18, 2019 

•  “Prepare To Pay More For Electricity In Texas” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, December 9, 2015 

•  "California's Faustian Bargain: You Get The Electricity You Pay For" Forbes, August 18, 2020 

•  "Scandals Shouldn't Cloud The Benefits of Nuclear Power" Forbes, August 6, 2020 

•  "Revised Regulations Expand The Market For Renewables" Forbes, August 4, 2020 

• "Court Ruling Clears Way For Energy Storage On The Grid. Who Benefits?" Forbes, August 2, 2020

• "What Will An American Carbon Tax Cost You?" Forbes, July 21, 2020

•  “Texas Power Generation: Did Coal Get Blown Away By Wind” with Ramanan Krishnamoorti January 13, 2020, Forbes 

•  “The PG&E Blackouts: California’s Regulated Crisis” Forbes, October 9, 2019 

•  “America’s Power Grids Are Not Ready For Summer Heatwaves” Forbes  July 19, 2018 

•  “Impending Electric Shock? Consumers And Investors Should Brace Themselves” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, July 15, 2016