Energy and Infrastructure are critical for Texas as the state continues to expand in terms of population, economy, and influence. Energy is not only a vital sector of the Texas economy, its reliability and abundance are required by Texas’ broad range of diverse industries, from technology to manufacturing. Infrastructure provides the means by which Texas industries expand, and by which Texans supply the workforce.

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To those ends, the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute’s Energy & Infrastructure Task Force Report explores two key areas of state policy relevant to the state’s critical energy and infrastructure needs.

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On the energy side, the Report looks at the current state of the power grid, and makes recommendations based on the state’s growing power needs. IT also explores emerging technologies and how energy innovation can play a role in maintaining the state’s leadership role in energy growth, production, and supply.

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The state’s growing population requires that infrastructure in the form of roads keep pace with the influx of residents and business. To that end, the Task Force covered the ongoing importance of public—private partnerships, or P3s.

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Over the course of the 88th Legislative Session’s Interim, TCCRI held meetings to discuss many of these topics. Those meetings informed the research and policy proposals contained in this report, as did TCCRI’s research and work in other areas, including legislative testimony, white papers, and public policy summits.