February 23, 2021
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Four leading board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced they will resign Wednesday as the electric grid operator faces scrutiny for its role in statewide power outages that occurred last week during a winter storm.
ERCOT board chair Sally Talberg, vice chair Peter Cramton, finance and audit chair Terry Bulger and human resources and governance committee chair Raymond Hepper will resign during an ERCOT board meeting Wednesday, according to a notice filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC).
Board member nominee Craig Ivey was expected to fill a vacant position on the board but has withdrawn his application, ERCOT attorneys mentioned in Tuesday’s notice.
Four board leaders of Texas power grid operator, ERCOT, are stepping down
All of the board directors stepping down, including Chairwoman Sally Talberg, live outside of Texas, which only intensified criticism of the council
Other board members are vice chairman Peter Cramton, Terry Bulger and Raymond Hepper, who reportedly lives in Maine
Talberg lives in Michigan and Bulger lives in Illinois, according their biographies
The social media account for Cramton, who is an economics professor at the University of Maryland, shows that his location is Del Mar, California
Their resignations come amid outrage over more than 4 million customers losing power during a deadly winter freeze last week
Four board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced their decision to resign following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history.
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.