New ERCOT leadership is just the first step in fixing Texas’s energy problem

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! That’s the message millions of Texans who spent the coldest week in memory shivering in the dark have for the now-former leadership of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the manager of the electric grid powering 90% of the Lone Star State.

There’s some serious work to be done in order to put the R back in ERCOT. While new leadership taking over is the first step, it won’t fix the underlying problem. ERCOT’s actions were just the straw that broke the camel’s back after years of bad policy decisions that weakened the electric grid in Texas. The conversation must not stop here — for the sake of the entire nation.