S1E2: All eyes are upon Texas. Former FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, at an early stage in the Texas post-mortem, points to a lack of weatherization as a primary cause of ERCOT's extreme weather-induced grid outage in February

A discussion with former FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff regarding the best public policies in support of a 21st Century clean-energy grid;
- a consideration of the root cause of the historic grid failure in Texas and whether renewable energy or state regulation were factors;
- are traditional fossil-fired generators 'dinosaurs' or is the market failing to provide an adequate revenue stream?
- Jon advocates promoting markets for not only for generation but in transmission and distribution as well.

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