26 News Items Found
May 6, 2021
ERCOT Says It's Ready for a Hot, Texas Summer
Will the Texas power grid hold up this summer? "Instability like what we’ve seen recently should make Texans worried," said Rice Faculty Scholar Dan Cohan.
Read more at the Dallas Morning News. March 2, 2021
Texas Must Increase Ties to the National Grid
"The free market ideology ignores risks. Most people want to keep the lights on more than make a market theory work," said Baker Institute expert Dan Cohan. Cohan and others call for big changes to Texas' deregulated electricity market.
Read more at Utility Dive. March 1, 2021
Winter Storm: Texas Legislation, PUC Must Deliver Solutions
Gov. Abbott's demands to mandate winterization of the Texas power infrastructure miss the mark, wrote Rice faculty scholar Dan Cohan. "Reliable and resilient energy and water systems must prepare for a full spectrum of extremes, not just winter events."
Read Cohan's op-ed in the Houston Chronicle (subscription required). February 25, 2021
Will Legislators Reform Texas' Power Grid?
Past efforts to reform the grid have stalled. Will this year be different? "We’re a state with a weak governor system ... and each agency only addresses one piece of the problem," said Rice Faculty Scholar Dan Cohan of last week's catastrophic power failures. "This is going to need a fix from the state Legislature."
Read more at the Austin American-Statesman (free registration required). February 19, 2021
The Changing Climate for U.S. Power
Electricity grids and infrastructure must be better equipped for a changing climate or they can have deadly consequences. The crisis gripping Texas' power grid "illustrates the need for our energy systems to be more resilient to extreme weather," Baker Institute faculty scholar Daniel Cohan stated.
Read more at Axios.