Texas Targets the Free Market

On energy, the Lone Star State foolishly considers mimicking California follies.

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Texas governor Greg Abbott speaks during a rally in Conroe, Texas, January 29, 2022.

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Remember the biblical storm that swept Texas in February 2021, shutting down the state’s utility grid, plunging millions of residents into Dantean cold and dark for days, and leaving at least 246 people dead?

This week, that storm may claim another victim: the Lone Star State’s successful energy market.

Will Swaim

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Will Swaim

Will Swaim is the CEO of the California Policy Center and, with David L. Bahnsen, a co-host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.

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