Severe weather this summer could cause another Texas power crisis
By Erin Douglas and Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
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When the power went out, Texas oil and gas regulators rushed to defend the industry’s image
Tags: Texas, winter storm, winter storm uri, natural gas, petroleum industry, oil and gas industry, energy industry, Texas Railroad Commission, Marsha Hendler, Green New Deal, Commission Shift, blackouts, utilities, Texas Oil and Gas Association, world oil, Reliable Grid Now, power grid, energy grid, Christi Craddick, Wayne Christian, Jim Wright, ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, North American Electric Reliability Corp., Energy Day at the Capitol, Greg Abbott, Tom Craddick, Texas Legislature, blackouts, power outages
ERCOT overcharged power companies $16 billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says
Tags: Texas, ERCOT, lectric Reliability Council of Texas, $16 billion, pricing error, overcharged, utilities, power outages, power grid, rolling blackouts, winter storm, February storm, Public Utility Commission, Reliant Energy Trade Center, Texas A&M University, Kenan Ogelman, ATG Clean Energy, Texas Energy Association for Marketers, bankruptcies, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc.
Four ERCOT board members who live outside of Texas resign in the aftermath of the power outage, winter storm
Tags: ERCOT, PUC, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Sally Talberg, Peter Cramton, Terry Bulger, Raymond Hepper, chairman, Greg Abbott, Texas Legislature, Public Utility Commission, power grid, electrical grid, power failures, blackouts, winter storm, outages, ice storm
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