Looking for Reliability in All the Wrong Places

PUCT finally defines the problem, but gets it wrong

Nearly two years after hundreds of Texans died in Winter Storm Uri—and 18 months into a convoluted, often secretive drive to redesign the ERCOT electricity market—the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) finally answered the question many stakeholders have been asking: What problem are you trying to solve? 

Unfortunately, it’s the wrong problem.