Near-failure of Texas power grid brings shake-up at ERCOT as several members resign
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Power lines are shown along the Sam Houston Tollway near Texas 249 on February 15, 2021 in Houston.Melissa Phillip, Staff photographer / Houston Chronicle
Almost a third of the board members who lead the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, manager of the state’s power grid, will resign Wednesday, a week after a historic winter storm caused statewide blackouts, disrupted water supplies and left dozens of people dead.
Chair Sally Talberg, vice chair Peter Cramton, and board members Raymond Hepper, Terry Bulger and Vanessa Anesetti-Parra will step down at an emergency meeting, according to an ERCOT filing Tuesday with the Public Utility Commission, which oversees the grid operator.
Near-failure of Texas power grid brings shake-up at ERCOT as several members resign
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Power lines are shown along the Sam Houston Tollway near Texas 249 on February 15, 2021 in Houston.Melissa Phillip, Staff photographer / Houston Chronicle
Almost a third of the board members who lead the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, manager of the state’s power grid, will resign Wednesday, a week after a historic winter storm caused statewide blackouts, disrupted water supplies and left dozens of people dead.
Chair Sally Talberg, vice chair Peter Cramton, and board members Raymond Hepper, Terry Bulger and Vanessa Anesetti-Parra will step down at an emergency meeting, according to an ERCOT filing Tuesday with the Public Utility Commission, which oversees the grid operator.
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Feb 10, 2021
Propane supply to the Upper Peninsula has been a flashpoint in the debate about Line 5, a 67-year-old, Canadian-owned oil pipeline running along the bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac. The public deserves to have a realistic, clear understanding of whether the U.P. will have an adequate propane supply, or available alternatives, following the planned shut-down of Line 5 in May 2021.
The pipeline owner argues Line 5 is an irreplaceable source of propane for U.P. homes, but is it? Since the propane industry is unregulated, the best we can do is follow what they say. The propane industry has consistently said, both in the news and during UP Energy Task Force (UPETF) meetings, that they have enough supply. On Friday, Feb. 12, the U.P. Clean Energy Conference Series (www.upcleanenergy.org) will host propane retailers on this question.