As a Texan, my preference for electrical generation is “all of the above (except coal).” There is so much generation potential here - wind is probably going to

As a Texan, my preference for electrical generation is “all of the above (except coal).” There is so much generation potential here - wind is probably going to be mostly tapped out pretty soon, but lots of the state is pretty, pretty good for solar. Natural gas is still being flared from some oil fields, so that’s fuel that could be added to the energy mix if it could be reliably gathered and transported. It also seems to me like this would be a good spot for nuclear between geologic stability and abundant water (in some parts of the state), but I have no confidence we could build that more economically than anywhere else in the West, so alas, probably no more nuclear. I used to be neutral-to-positive about having our own grid, but after the outages we’ve had the last few years, I don’t see any reason we shouldn’t be more interconnected with the other grids. Especially if renewable generation continues to increase at the same pace.