Opinion: Who should Texas blame for the blackout?
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State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, questions Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) about the power outage last week s deadly winter freeze during the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce in the Senate Gallery at the Capitol on Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Listening is State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Jay Janner, MBR / Associated Press
Public hearing
Regarding “Answers on outages,” (A10, Feb. 25). While we’re scrambling to point fingers at who’s to blame, let’s not ignore the three fingers pointing back at us. Texas voters have by and large bought into the myth of deregulation. It’s a mantra for politicians all too willing to exploit it for power and profit.