So the “Free Market” grid run by the likes of ERCOT in Texas turns out to be free only when oil and gas have no competition. Suddenly, as clean cheap solar, wind and battery are all but shutting down legacy thermal technologies, massive amounts of tax dollars (plus the dollars from consumers forced to buy more expensive electricity) come rolling out. Why not just spend the money on the clean, cheap solutions of the future?
It’s as if a hundred years ago the government would fund horse and buggies because they were worried about the rapid adoption of automobiles. Abolish ERCOT and hook us up to the rest of the US grid already.
Steven A. Guccione 