Energy markets are supposed to make power cheaper and more reliable. Instead, we’re watching high prices, slow infrastructure buildout, and policies that reward scarcity instead of abundance.
I’ve been digging into this lately, and the more I learn, the more I realize our energy problems aren’t just technical, they’re policy failures.
- Cheap power is being blocked by outdated regulations. Transmission that could lower prices sits in permitting limbo for years.
- Texas has quietly proven renewables are winning on price. So why are some policymakers trying to tilt the playing field for gas instead?
- We could lower bills today with demand response & efficiency. But utilities have no incentive to push for it.
This came up in a conversation I listened to recently with John Arnold, a guy who made millions trading gas, then quit to focus on fixing the system. His take was that markets work when the incentives are totally broken, which is so frustrating because they are definitely broken.
🚨 We already have the solutions. So why aren’t we using them?
I pulled a ton of these ideas from this podcast episode, definitely worth a listen: https://www.douglewin.com/p/the-energy-system-we-need-with-john
Source: EnviroMaverick