Austin American-Statesman
Last month s plea for Texans to conserve electricity despite seemingly typical mid-June weather was triggered by breakdowns at some of the same power plants that failed during February’s winter freeze, when extended blackouts contributed to dozens of deaths and millions of dollars in property damage.
The repeat problems are heightening concerns about the reliability of the state s power grid and whether state leaders have done enough to shore it up.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state agency that operates the grid, last week released a list of generators that had unplanned outages in June meaning they were unexpectedly removed from service by their owners for repairs or were forced to operate at reduced output.