Skate to Where the Puck Is Going

We’re living through a period of extraordinary change. Texas is seeing profound shifts in the ways energy is produced, the amounts of energy being consumed, and the climate’s reactions to what we’re doing and what we’ve done. 

These changes are transforming our economy, our lives, our quality of life, our communities, our planet … everything. But state leaders aren’t keeping up.

Hockey great Wayne Gretzky famously said, “I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” ERCOT, the PUC, and state legislators too often skating to where the puck was years or decades ago. 

That’s not true with everyone and everything, certainly. Some folks within these institutions understand the scale and pace of change that's happening. But too many do not, and policies too often look backward instead of forward…