Texas Governor Greg Abbott envisions Texas leading in nuclear energy with projects already planned at several institutions. But beyond typical challenges of cost and regulation, Texas must reform its energy market to properly value reliability. Current federal subsidies for wind and solar create price volatility that disadvantages always-on power sources like nuclear. New legislation (SB 715 and HB 3356) aims to prioritize reliability in the market, creating a path for nuclear to help secure Texas’s energy future.