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"We had a significant amount of outages at the beginning of June that led to a week long conservation period. It is a situation we cannot be in all summer long."

Some lawmakers investigating power grid failure received campaign contributions from power companies Tags:  Remember those 24 Texas House lawmakers demanding answers with the cameras rolling last week in Austin? The fiery hearings had intriguing questions and answers involving the CEO’s of CenterPoint and Vistra -- two companies that have provided thousands in campaign contributions to some of those lawmakers. Full Screen1 / 17 These images from documents show the campaign contributions made...

A day after the grid operator ousted its chief executive, its independent market monitor...

An electric meter in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin during the winter storm. State lawmakers and Gov. Greg Abbott have said making sure Texas never suffers a blackout like the one we just went through is a top priority this legislative session. What can they do to keep that promise? Hearings this week in the Texas House and Senate helped answer that question. Here are eight things that became clear during the hearings: It Goes Beyond ERCOT Texas grid operator, the Electric Reliability C...