If Texas Follows California on a Power-Price Freeze, the Blackout Risk Is Later Winters
Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa pledges a Day One emergency order to freeze electricity rates. Texas households already pay more per kilowatt-hour than they did in 2020, but far less per kilowatt-hour than Californians, and ERCOT’s January outlook is comfortable. California’s 2000–01 record is a warning, not a prediction: freeze retail prices while costs rise, and the […]
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