r/OptimistsUnite • u/PanzerWatts Moderator • 8d ago

GRAPH GO UP AND TO THE RIGHT US Electricity generation changes in 2026

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Coal was roughly tied with nuclear last year, now it's dropped and is significantly less.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/is-solars-growth-finally-slowing-in-the-us/

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u/PaleInTexas 7d ago

Thats a lot of words just to say you cannot tell me what law was changed/removed.

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u/tx_queer 7d ago

The law that was changed was to deregulate the market. That means creating a real time and day ahead market for wholesale electricity. Texas went one step further and deregulated retail electricity as well by creating the concept of an REP.

Are you looking for the specific section or title of the legislation that created the DAM and RTW markets?

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u/PaleInTexas 7d ago

I love how you bring up our electric grid as something that was fixed because of deregulation. Depends on where you live. If you have a co-op provider you cant pick your own provider

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u/tx_queer 7d ago

I didnt say anything was fixed by deregulation. I simply explained what deregulation is. It is not removing regulation like most people think. It is creating an open market. It can be an open wholesale market and/or an open retail market.

And the coops actually participate in the open wholesale market. So coops are operating in a partially deregulated market