Pat Wood helped create Texas’ electricity market, then he lost power for 36 hours in the freeze
The wild success of renewables came as a surprise and revealed a problem in the market design.
A transmission tower supports power lines after a snowstorm on Feb. 17, 2021 in Altamesa Boulevard and Crowley Road in Fort Worth.(Omar Vega)
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By 2030, Texas will likely get electricity from renewables 80% of the time.
That’s not a wild goal from environmental activists who want you to set your thermostat at 82 and wash your clothes by hand. That’s a prediction from energy expert Pat Wood, a former electricity regulator who helped write the law that deregulated the Texas electricity market.
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