I am still a fan of the way Texas handles its energy markets. The failures that happened a couple years ago was terrible and Texas screwed up big time but I sti

I am still a fan of the way Texas handles its energy markets. The failures that happened a couple years ago was terrible and Texas screwed up big time but I still think its markets are better. This is of course anecdotal but it always seems like most other markets in the US are not as efficient in terms of infrastructure and pricing. In Texas you have what I consider the more public utility piece, the transmission that is split between two companies. I am sure there are areas in Texas that struggle but I found Texas transmission builds and maintenance to be a lot further ahead then the other states I have lived in. I always really appreciated picking my retail energy provider. There are some shenanigans here so customers need to pay attention to the pricing BUT I appreciated how this allowed more transparent pricing on a whole for everyone. I am paying a separate company for the transmission piece and then paying the generation through a retail provider who is setting a price for me and then essentially buying that capacity on the market. In other states it always feels like a struggle for the single "public utility" company to argue their way to increase or decrease rates. So instead of having many different energy generation plants which can include solar, wind, battery storage etc, I am stuck with a single company that is publicly traded. Maybe they do need to bump up rates to serve demand or maybe they are trying to also get some more profit out of it. I also always appreciate the amount of data you could get in Texas. https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards - Live statewide dashboard of the grid https://www.smartmetertexas.com/home https://www.smartmetertexas.com/home - You can signup can get data from your meter I think delayed 15mins.