Rethinking Grid Governance for Texas in the Climate Change Era

Climate change has been plaguing the United States, most recently with increasingly extreme weather (Chediak & Malik, 2021). The February 2021 blackouts in Texas impacted over 4 million individuals for several days (Reuters Staff, disproportionately affected many low-income and marginalized communities (Srikanth, n.d.). In this paper, author will analyze whether there is a lack of regulation energy sector. current statutory framework provides power-sharing between federal state governments respect to Energy deregulation both advantages disadvantages. This research evaluate impact addition, explain how public needs should affect constitutional allocation power governments. goal provide historical context which some difficult challenges facing today due blackouts. Furthermore, recommendations on prevent future blackout problems. encourages reform transmission grid regional market. Ensuring resiliency grids important preventing severe natural disasters (Waseem Manshadi, 2020). argue that government, Congress, Electric Reliability Council Texas, Public Utility Commission Federal Regulatory cooperate more implementing regulations.