is the appointing of a tRump official to the ERCOT board. ETTD and so should her career in matters of public trust.

There's a solid argument to be made that the increases are too substantial, but it sounds like some kind of reasonable increase was probably due.

Reading further into the proposal, it was provided by a third-party compensation consultant (Meridian) and approved by the Human Resources committee, per the ERCOT by-laws. Complaining that they "gave themselves a raise" seems a little silly when that's what the bylaws require. Context can be useful.

As an aside, it appears that only the director and chairs/vice-chairs get compensated, though I haven't been able to confirm. The proposal includes the relevant bylaws which only indicate that the director/chair are paid.

Breakdown of the increases (old/new):

Selected Director Base Compensation $87,000 / $160,000
Board Chair $12,800 / $35,000
Board Vice Chair $7,500 / $15,000
Board Committee Chair $5,600 / $25,000

with a $990k base pay and $201k, respectively, I agree context matters. Add to that the chair of ERCOT is a billionaire and republican mega-donor, and you’ll start to see why some peon like me is interested in more transparency.

And ha, would I like to see their compensation changes require action on the part of our esteemed lege? You betcha.

Prof at Rice, so there is that.

One of the many anxiety-inducing institutions in ‘modern’ Texas riddled with conflicts of interest.

they take that huge flush of money, not to fix the system, but to give themselves raises.

this is texas in a nut shell.