Fuel diversity is the key for Texas’s future

Last spring, parts of Texas were left in the dark and without power for up to five hours when record temperatures hit the state, leading to a series of rolling blackouts to prevent a total statewide blackout.

Months later, when temperatures soared in the peak of summer, Texas exceeded previous peak demands by the equivalent of two to three large power plants.

Unfortunately, our expected population growth could make these situations commonplace.

Instead of being a blue state, Texas would be known as the blackout state