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Natural gas companies were paid to turn off power during Texas winter storm: report Source: By Haley Samsel, Forth Worth Star-Telegram • Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2021
The February winter storm that nearly brought the Texas electricity grid to its knees likely stressed the state’s natural gas infrastructure “more than any time in history,” according to the authors of a new UT Austin report analyzing the power outages and their financial implications.
The report includes previously undisclosed data about how the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid’s manager, responded to the unfolding crisis, which led to widespread outages and hundreds of deaths statewide. The report was released just before ERCOT announced its own “roadmap” of 60 proposals to improve the grid.
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UT researcher: Texas needs a new look at energy market rules to avoid repeat of February blackout
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Natural gas production in Texas dropped by 85 percent during the week of February’s historic winter freeze a significant factor in the widespread blackouts that contributed to dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in property damage. (Jim Parkin/Dreamstime/TNS)/TNS
While city-owned CPS Energy challenges $700 million in natural gas bills from February’s historic winter storm, lawmakers and regulators have largely remained silent on whether gas suppliers illegally raised prices and why gas was so scarce when it was badly needed.
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