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ERCOT members meet to discuss problems that led to power blackout
ERCOT meeting held to discuss avoiding future outages
ERCOT holds special meeting to discuss what led to the historic Texas blackouts following the winter storm, and strategized on how to make sure it never happens again.
Their goal for the meeting was to clarify exactly what went wrong that caused the power blackout in mid-February. They plan to meet late this month to identify exactly how to solve what went wrong. The goal is really to take the opportunity to start identifying and cataloging the issues that need improvement in our market, said Clif Lange, chair of ERCOT TAC.
Texas state House committee hearings went on for more than 15 hours as they tried to get answers for what happened during the blackouts brought on by the historic winter storm.
Going forward ERCOT wants to provide explanations, not excuses, CEO Bill Magness said during Wednesday s meeting. Author: Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA), Tanya Eiserer Published: 12:36 PM CST February 24, 2021 Updated: 5:21 PM CST February 24, 2021
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Updated at 4:23 p.m. with additional comments from State Rep. Rafael Anchía.
In an urgent board of directors meeting Wednesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas addressed last week s extreme winter weather that left millions without electricity.
“This was a devastating event, CEO Bill Magness said in his opening statements. Power is essential to civilization.
ERCOT officials said controlled outages were implemented to prevent a statewide blackout, saying the storm was unlike anything Texas has experienced before.