We can choose to make decisions that will create a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable electricity system. But doing so requires a wider view of grid governance beyond the legacy utilities and their regulators.
Grid Resilience Requires Grid Accountability, March 24, 2021 “

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Grid Resilience Requires Grid Accountability

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In a March 24 Niskanen Center blog, Elizabeth Wilson and co-authors from Boise State, Duke, and Penn State argue that after-the-fact investigations of power outages like the multi-day grid failure in Texas in February, are not an acceptable path to ensuring reliable energy. "We need to fundamentally rethink how the organizations planning and running our grids make decisions, and ensure that stakeholders – not just those who buy and sell power – are included in those decisions," write the authors. "That is true grid accountability: accountability to the public interest to ensure effective, legitimate, and fair decisions."

Read the full piece here.