Securing the Power Grid; Do We Have Enough Reliable Power? | Guests: Matthews, Gaffney

Has Texas - and other states - done enough to ensure we can survive winter storms, heat waves, and other peak-demand events? Dr. Merrill Matthews of the Texas Institute for Policy Innovation joins Jacki to discuss what has and has not been accomplished since winter storm Uri of February 2021. With more than half a million Americans moving to Texas each year and nearly two million crossing the southern border, demand has never been higher. - - - - -Is our grid secure from cyberthreats, physical threats, and natural and manmade EMP weapons? Jacki is joined by Frank Gaffney from the Center for Security Policy to answer these and other questions. We know that hostile nations have the ability to attack the grid successfully, and that this is arguably the most formidable asymmetric warfare a weaker nation could wage. - - - - - Then, with oil & gas prices rising, as they are prone to do cyclically, ESG funds appear to be underperforming investments in these traditional forms of energy, with ESG funds taking on more tech funds to bolster returns. - - - - - How can you spend your dollars without funding corporate cultures that war against your values? Jacki shares some ideas.