We survived another brutal summer in Texas, but we need to learn how ERCOT has changed to be ready for the future.

Both parties are making promises that we can’t afford and who is taking them to task?

An update on Crude Oil, Natural Gas, And Electricity.

A few months ago, I expressed concern that natural gas storage levels were way behind 2025. And while storage levels are still below 2025, they aren’t falling to critical levels. Allow me to explain.

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Rules loosened for data center debt sales

So how hard is it to run as an independent in Texas? Much harder than I had imagined.

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While we are focused on the Strait of Hormuz, we also need to talk about the amount of oil still underground that is yet to be produced.

I have looked at the data and each states voting patterns and I think you might want to see what that says.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas operates a grid isolated from the rest of the US and with its high levels of renewables, it is the example for where the US grid is headed.

250 years, wow well done, but we need to talk about the debt and other issues.

The Texas requirement for a ballot petition proved too hard to overcome and so my campaign as an independent has ended.

Looking through the Energy Information Administration's June Short-Term Energy Outlook and I have questions.

The Trump Administration has committed $700 million to restore "the power of clean, beautiful coal", but is that realistic?

I have looked at the data and each states voting patterns and I think you might want to see what that says.

They are increasing at a slower rate than last year, which is not a good sign.

Updates on oil stockpiles and where the data is headed.

Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 8.0 million barrels during the week ending May 29, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wedne...

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Updates on oil and natural gas stockpiles and where the data is headed.

Numbers are hard, diplomacy is murky, and the Middle East is a ticking economic bomb.

To run as an independent in Texas, after filing the paperwork a year before the election, your first task is to do a ballot petition, but Texas doesn't make it easy.

DOE's Energy Information Administration has just released the new Annual Energy Outlook and rather than a reference case, we have a Counterfactual Baseline. Is someone messing with us?

Political mail is a normal part of the campaign, but is it effective?

Introducing my new Substack about what it is like running an independent political campaign for Congress in Texas.