Column: Texas officials are promoting fossil fuels instead of fixing the broken electric grid

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The Texas electric grid remains broken, and state officials remain sadly focused on enriching fossil fuel companies with patchwork fixes that will run up costs for consumers and sacrifice future reliability, writes columnist cltomlinson.

while missing out on the most profound revolution in electricity service in a half-century.

. The nonprofit operates a wholesale market where generators compete to offer the cheapest electricity to meet the next day’s needs. ERCOT’s news release, though, featured deeply misleading statistics that implied renewable energy sources were the culprit.

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