Jeremy B. Mazur, Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy
Texas will need to spend more than $150 billion over the next 50 years on water infrastructure. This price tag includes the costs associated with building new water supplies, developing flood control and mitigation strategies, and fixing aging, deteriorating water and wastewater systems across the state. These investments are essential for Texas communities to address…
Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Jeremy Mazur stressed in testimony on Monday before the Senate Finance Committee the twin needs for greater investments in the state’s water infrastructure and the human infrastructure at the agency tasked with planning for the state’s water needs. “The agency must be funded to hire and retain qualified staff to…
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….