Bill Peacock

Bill Peacock has spent 30+ years fighting for liberty in and around the Texas Legislature, combining his experience in public policy with his passion for Austrian economics and reformed theology. Since 2005, he has written or edited more than 2,000 research papers on state, local, and federal public policy, many related to the electric grid, as he has advocated for competitive markets. He is currently the policy director of the Energy Alliance and writes on policy and culture at excellentthought.net and libertycafe.substack.com. Bill can be found on X at @BillPeacock3.

Latest work

The Political Takeover of the Texas Electricity Market

08/19/2024 Mises Wire Bill Peacock

In June, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit claiming that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) had broken the law when it set the wholesale price of electricity at $9,000 per megawatt...

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