Can Texas muster the power to keep the lights on?

About this episode

Jim Burke discusses the challenges of electricity provision in Texas amidst rising power demand.

Jim Burke, the CEO of Texas-based electricity provider Vistra, discusses the challenges of serving the state and U.S. markets at a time of expanding power demand from data centers and residential users. The Dallas Fed's Pia Orrenius and Garrett Golding explore with Burke what will be needed to keep up.

People in this episode

Hosts: Pia Orrenius, Garrett Golding

Guest: Jim Burke

Topics covered

• electricity
• power demand
• data centers
• residential users
• Texas energy challenges

Keywords

• Texas
• electricity
• Vistra
• power demand
• data centers
• residential users

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vistra, Dallas Fed

Places: Texas, U.S.

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