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Austin American-Statesman letters to the editor: Feb. 5, 2023

Austin American-Statesman Letters to the Editor: Jan. 18, 2022

Letters to the editor: The grid failure and the elephant in the room Austin American-Statesman elephant in the room Amid the efforts to place blame for the failure of the Texas power grid, politicians and pundits miss the elephant in the room. Texas is in the middle of a shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels. Why would anyone, including politicians and regulators, advocate investing in doomed infrastructure? Whether pumping stations or generating plants, investors can see the day coming when they are told to abandon their investment. Ratepayers or taxpayers, we are all...

elephant in the room Amid the efforts to place blame for the failure of the Texas power grid, politicians and pundits miss the elephant in the room. Texas is in the middle of a shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels. Why would anyone, including politicians and regulators, advocate investing in doomed infrastructure? Whether pumping stations or generating plants, investors can see the day coming when they are told to abandon their investment. Ratepayers or taxpayers, we are all going to pay for whatever solution is put in place, but please, let's not go back to the perverse negative inc...