Editorial: Don't 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 Texans who lost power may have their electricity back, but for those families who lost loved ones, there is no return to normal.