Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy
Jeremy directs Texas 2036's work in the area of infrastructure and natural resources, which includes water, energy, and infrastructure resilience. Before joining Texas 2036 in 2021, he worked for over two decades in the Texas Legislature and in state agencies on water and energy matters.
Last week, the Sunset Advisory Commission voted on a series of recommendations to improve the Public Utility Commission of Texas. For the uninitiated, the PUC oversees Texas’ electric, water and telecommunications utilities. In the wake of Winter Storm Uri’s devastation in February 2021, the Legislature adopted multiple reforms relating to PUC’s oversight, including the top-down…
This year’s top energy headlines would have been radically different if Russia did not invade Ukraine. Nonetheless, Moscow’s aggression thrust Texas’ energy industry to a level of geopolitical importance not seen since World War II. As Russian natural gas exports to Europe dwindled — or were cut off with the explosion of the Nord Stream…
For Texas’ water sector, 2022 was a rough year. Stories about failing infrastructure, drought and even floods captured state headlines. Many of these stories were grim and endured by millions across the state. Texans had to live without or boil their water, flee rising floodwaters, watch their livelihoods wither and die, or escape searing wildfires….
Our look at how Texas energy powers America is part of our blog series for Texas 2036’s Strategic Framework, which provides in-depth, cross-cutting data to inform key decisions about the most significant issues facing the state. It’s hardly a surprise that Texas leads the nation in energy production. Our state has extensive proven oil and…
A look at drought in Texas report is part of our blog series for Texas 2036’s Strategic Framework, which provides in-depth, cross-cutting data to inform key decisions about the most significant issues facing the state. Nearly a century ago, a state meteorologist penned the now-famous line, “Texas is a land of perennial drought, broken by…