More Power Outages in America’s Most Energy-Rich States – Guests: Robert Bryce & Chuck Devore

When your state gradually replaces energy sources that produce nearly 100% of the time with those that produce around 30% of the time, it is not difficult to imagine the results. It looks a lot like Texas in February. Author and journalist Robert Bryce talks with Jacki about the perils of electrifying the economy and his book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations. Bryce’s work reminds us that countries with a poor energy supply are guaranteed to be impoverished, and that does not change until they have access to reliable energy.

Everyone has heard about the Texas legislators who fled the state to avoid doing their jobs. Chuck DeVore, Director of National Initiatives at TPPF explains how we can know that they will be back soon. 

California had another outage, this one releasing 17 million gallons of sewage into the ocean. The Director of the Life:Powered Program at Texas Public Policy Foundation explains why an energy-rich state like California has no excuse for outages and what can be done to solve the problem.