pressure on lawmakers
Due to political pressure from the gas industry, legislators may fail to impose regulations ensuring electric companies receive natural gas during freezes, although it s possible to keep gas flowing during extreme cold.
When we lived in Colorado, we never had an interruption of our gas service or an extensive electricity outage, even though it gets much colder there. I moved here from Florida two years ago because my kids and grandkids live here.
The disruption in electricity in Texas in February was pathetic. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said we re lucky the whole system didn t shut down for months, which would have resulted in no electricity or heat for months. Without electricity, gas pumps and grocery stores can t operate.
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