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Maria Faconti is a partner in KL Gate’s Austin office. She is a member of the Power practice group. Having worked as a staff attorney at the Public Utility Commission of Texas PUCT, Maria has in-depth knowledge of how to navigate the complex regulatory requirements.

Editorial: Dont count on Abbott to prevent the next disaster Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail In her resignation letter DeAnn Walker, the former Public Utility Commission chairwoman, tossed around a lot of blame for the Texas grid failure. But she didn’t mention Gov. Greg Abbott. He appointed her and other PUC members.Korey Howell Photography / What hit Texas, just over two weeks ago, was a winter storm, not an earthquake, but the aftershocks will reverberate. The 4 million T...

Little-known Texas Reliability Entity acted as an independent auditor.