Dear lawmaker, In February of 2021, Texas experienced what happens when the rubber of bad policy meets the road. The results were devastating. Years of bad policy in the form of subsidies and prioritizing unreliable (renewable) energy set Texas up for failure. This absolutely cannot happen again. When Texans needed reliable energy most, nearly 40,000 megawatts of unreliable wind and solar generation capacity produced a measly 646 megawatts, well short of the amount needed. This can be prevented from happening in the future if energy producers are held to a reliability standard which ensures they will provide the energy they promise when Texans need it most. Specifically, wind and solar should have backup generation available at any time and should be responsible for paying for this backup without passing the burden onto Texans. By requiring dispatchable backup energy generation, energy producers can ensure Texans aren’t left in the cold, or heat, when the time comes. I encourage you to support assigning reliability costs to energy generators who fail to come through when we need them and not passing those costs on to ratepayers. Sincerely,
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
