Today we are joined by Phil Jankowski, a state reporter for Dallas News, to discuss Texas’ energy market problem. We talk about the new market rules lawmakers are debating, the outlook for Texas this winter and how Bitcoin miners fit into the picture.

Phil Jankowski: https://twitter.com/philjankowski

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:53 Intro

01:18 Who is Phil?

02:19 Texas storm reaction

04:03 Why are solutions slow?

06:27 What entities are responsible?

12:13 Free market or not?

16:31 Proposals for grid change

22:19 Incentives during peak demand

24:12 New credit system model

28:22 Current progress

31:57 People's reaction

35:00 Demand on the grid

37:09 BTC mining demand

39:49 Miners paid for flexible load

41:17 The future

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