Texas energy crisis shows similarities to 1970s oil shortage
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Power lines are shown Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state s power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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DALLAS/AUSTIN, TX â The similarities between our deep freeze problems and the national shortage of gas and oil in the 1970s goes well below the surface.
Mark Cuban speaking with attendees at the 2019 Arizona Technology Innovation Summit at The Duce in Phoenix, Arizona. The Dallas Mavericks didn’t play the national anthem at any of its home games this season.
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Mark Cuban should be applauded for his decision to stop playing the national anthem.
The Dallas Mavericks made headlines in early February when The Athletic reported that the team hadn’t played the national anthem at any of its home games this season.
The NBA’s rulebook states that players must stand during the anthem, but commissioner Adam Silver relaxed this rule last year as most players kneeled during the anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In a December press conference, Silver said that the issue “calls for real engagement, rather than rule enforcement.”
Outgoing ERCOT CEO defends wholesale price surge
Outgoing ERCOT CEO defends wholesale price surge
State lawmakers clashed with a regulator over whether to go back and fix a pricing error and whether consumers could see an impact in their bills.
Legislative investigations into the February power failure turned to the potential for more economic fallout.
State lawmakers clashed with a regulator over whether to go back and fix a pricing error and whether consumers could see an impact in their bills.
Even legislators, at times, are having a tough time grasping the incredibly complex process in which the electric market works in Texas.