When intense summer heat waves hit in Texas, electricity supply shortages seem to follow. While some Lonestar State policymakers are quick to point the finger at the EPA's new power plant emission rules as the reason behind the shortages, Professor David Spence finds that Texas's electricity supply woes have much more to do with the state's own need to incentivize gas-fired power plants than any sinister EPA regulatory specter.

Read more about Texas electricity supply constraints, as well as the long and winding history behind the new EPA rules, in "Before You Blame EPA for Texas Electricity Supply Problems, Consider This…" (.PDF download), the newest EMIC Energy Brief.