PolitiFact s ruling: Mostly False
Here s why: In mid-April, the Texas power grid was faced with a dilemma that looked dangerously familiar to the conditions that led to the February blackouts during the deadly winter freeze: Electricity supply was struggling to keep up with demand.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas assured Texans that the mid-April tightness in the energy market wouldn t lead to any widespread blackouts, but the situation produced more questions about the grid’s overall reliability. In a reprise of the blame casting that occurred in the aftermath of the February blackouts, many observers pointed fingers at the state’s renewable energy generators.
safe process. that is what will happen. i don t think the administration, this administration or any other administration will leave it untouched. if you listen to the countries and the industry people and they are fired up about this. ben min coal, institute of energy research said this. if this were an isolated incident we would breathe sigh of relief. bret: it s tough. i know there is no evidence that fracking is dangerous. there is evidence that the economy of ohio, and pennsylvania, the mountain west without it, we would have no recovery at all. this is an energy-based recovery to the extent it is a recovery. a.