New reports blame Texas’ mid-February energy emergency on the state’s energy regulatory structure and gas-fired generation, and less than a third of Texans think state government “will adequately tackle issues” related to the deadly winter storm, which left about 4 million customers without power, some for several days. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Report recommendations include substantial regulatory changes and market changes affecting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ generation capacity and wholesale power prices. More than 39% of 1,500 respondents to a University of Houston survey conducted May 13-25 expressed a lack of confidence in the state government’s action to address issues arising from the storm, according to the survey results released June 25, and 27.8% said they were “neutral” regarding the issue. In the recently released July issue of the academic journal “Energy Research & Social Science,” researchers at the […]