ERCOT members meet to discuss problems that led to power blackout
ERCOT meeting held to discuss avoiding future outages
ERCOT holds special meeting to discuss what led to the historic Texas blackouts following the winter storm, and strategized on how to make sure it never happens again.
Their goal for the meeting was to clarify exactly what went wrong that caused the power blackout in mid-February. They plan to meet late this month to identify exactly how to solve what went wrong. The goal is really to take the opportunity to start identifying and cataloging the issues that need improvement in our market, said Clif Lange, chair of ERCOT TAC.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state legislature have taken up a bill that would ban social media from banning or censoring Texans based on their political viewpoints. The bill is Senate Bill 12, sponsored by state Sen. Bryan Hughes (R) of Mineola. Gov. Abbott held a press conference on Friday drawing attention to the bill.
SB 12 the full text of which you may read here says social media giants “may not censor a user, a user’s expression, or a user’s ability to receive the expression of another person based on: (1) the viewpoint of the user or another person; (2) the viewpoint represented in the user’s expression or another person’s expression; or (3) a user’s geographic location in this state or any part of this state. (b) This section applies regardless of whether the viewpoint is expressed on the interactive computer service or elsewhere.”
After Texas Governor Greg Abbott blamed green energy for widespread winter blackouts in his state, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on a pair of energy regulation bodies to probe Abbott's policies.
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Abbott convenes emergency meeting about ‘skyrocketing energy costs’
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference where he provided an update to Texas response to COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (AP)
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called an emergency meeting with lawmakers Saturday aimed at addressing the high energy bills being sent to some Texans after this week’s winter storm.
At the height of the storm, millions of Texans were left in the dark and cold by state-mandated blackouts after several power plants went offline because of the frigid weather.