REGISTER NOW As Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation designed to prevent another major power failure, the state’s main grid suffered the year’s second emergency a week before summer officially begins. “These laws will improve the reliability of the electric grid and help ensure these problems never happen again,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas this week asked residents to reduce electricity usage due to “tight” power grid conditions after loss of some supply sources due to a heat wave. At the same time, Abbott extended the emergency he declared when the winter storm hit Feb. 14, knocking out power supplies and sending prices to the maximum $9,000 per megawatt hour.