State Representative Jared Patterson, a four-term legislator and leader at Able Power Management & member of Economic Alliance shares insight on the challenges of managing Texas’ real-time electric grid. He reflects on Winter Storm Uri’s impact, noting how natural gas outperformed under pressure and how decades of federal renewable subsidies shifted investment from reliable base-load generation. Since then, Texas lawmakers have taken steps to strengthen grid reliability and prevent future outages. Whoop!

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Produced in the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region Podcast Studio, sponsored by Chevron Pasadena Refinery. Sound sponsored by Apache Industrial.

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