Economics/Class Relations

Power Outages in Texas and Growing Energy Demands

by Peter Zeihan on May 1, 2024

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Over the weekend, some Texans had a not-so-friendly reminder that their power grid doesn’t work well under stress. This is just one of many outages and electricity challenges that Texas will face in the coming years.

There’s 3 main things contributing to the state’s energy grid issues: climate change, population growth, and industrial regeneration. Some of these are bit easier to track than others, but Texas must carefully navigate each of them to keep up with demand.

As energy demands grow, the Texas grid will have to expand significantly to keep up. That means we can expect plenty of regulatory and infrastructure changes coming down the pipe.

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