/polisci/ en /polisci/2026/06/17/transforming-texas-style-commodification-sovereignty-resilience-and-energy-justice <span>Transforming Texas-style commodification: Sovereignty, resilience, and energy justice</span> <span><span>Avery Lord</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-06-17T11:20:08-06:00" title="Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 11:20">Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:20</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/1168"> 2026 </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/124" hreflang="en">Steve Vanderheiden</a> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/1180" hreflang="en">Whiskey Sours</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07352166.2023.2268760" rel="nofollow">Transforming Texas-style commodification: Sovereignty, resilience, and energy justice</a></p><p>By: Whiskey Sours, Steve Vanderheiden</p><p>Abstract:&nbsp;</p><p><span>We examine the 2021 collapse of the Texas electrical grid as a case study of vulnerabilities introduced by the commodification of energy systems. While theories of commodification do predict several of the observed impacts of this experiment in privatization and deregulation of public utilities, we attribute these impacts to a tendentious conception of “Texas-style” sovereignty that is not captured by existing accounts of energy justice. By supplementing existing conceptions of energy justice with an evolved conception of sovereignty, we hope to provide a more capacious and defensible normative foundation for energy systems than is available elsewhere, and one capable of diagnosing and avoiding the trappings of Texas-style energy ideals.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:20:08 +0000 Avery Lord 6903 at /polisci