Top Texas utility regulator ousted as recording emerges of pledges to protect Wall Street
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Power lines are shown near Beltway 8 the Hardy Toll Road following an overnight snowfall Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain. Rolling blackouts throughout the state has cut power to many.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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PUC Chairman Arthur D AndreaKorey Howell Photography / Texas Public Utility CommissionShow MoreShow Less
For nearly an hour last week, the state’s last surviving utility commissioner, Arthur D’Andrea, was remarkably candid about what he had gleaned from last month’s deadly outage crisis.
Texas last Public Utility Commission member resigns at Gov. Greg Abbott s request
Cassandra Pollock and Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
March 17, 2021
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Gov. Greg Abbott has accepted Public Utility Commission Chair Arthur D Andrea s resignation.Texas Tribune / Texas Public Utility Commission
Public Utility Commission Chair Arthur D Andrea, the only remaining member of the three-seat board that regulates Texas utilities, is resigning from his post, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday night.
Abbott said in a statement that he asked for and accepted D Andrea s resignation and plans to name a replacement in the coming days who will have the responsibility of charting a new and fresh course for the agency. D Andrea s resignation will be effective immediately upon the appointment of a successor, according to a copy of D Andrea s resignation letter that was obtained by The Texas Tribune.
Texas electric grid failures fuel new divide between Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick
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1of25Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt s District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, points out Gov. Greg Abbott during his inauguration speech in Austin, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
3of25Gov. Greg Abbott exits a press conference at which he talked about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt s District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less