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Opinion: Who should Texas blame for the blackout? FacebookTwitterEmail State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, questions Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) about the power outage last week's deadly winter freeze during the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce in the Senate Gallery at the Capitol on Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Listening is State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Jay Janner, MBR / Associated Press Public hearing Regarding “Answers on outages,” (A10, Feb. 2...

Opinion: We stand with Griddy Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Low costs worth it Regarding “Griddy came to disrupt but got disrupted during freeze,” (B1, Feb. 24): We have had Griddy since it first arrived. We love it, even after the freeze, the notices sent by Griddy helped us save money. We set our thermostat to 67 degrees which was enough to keep pipes from freezing. Monday we only used 21 kilowatt-hours. Then power was off Tuesday. Wednesday we used 15 kilowatts, and Thursday we warmed everything up and only used 29 kilowatt-hours. Yes we paid more than we would have liked but we c...

Opinion: Should leaders stay or should they go during a disaster? FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, adjusts his face covering during a confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, before the Senate Judicary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)Drew Angerer, POOL / Associated Press Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton Regarding “As Texans freeze, a ticket to paradise,” (A10, Feb. 19): What would Ted Cruz have done if he stayed here. Hand out water with Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

Opinion: Where are our elected officials? FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2021, file photo, demonstrators stand in front of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's home demanding his resignation in Houston. Cruz has acknowledged that his family vacation to Mexico was "obviously a mistake" as he returned stateside following an uproar over his disappearance during a deadly winter storm. (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)Marie D. De Jesús, MBO / Associated Press All for the market Regarding “Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market,” (Feb. 17...

Opinion: A Canadian apologizes to Texas for Ted Cruz FacebookTwitterEmail No tears here Regarding “As Texans freeze, a ticket to paradise,” (A10, Feb. 19): Sympathy to Texas from the Great White North. No one here shed tears when Ted Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship. Maybe he could do you the same favour. Stephen LaCroix, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Concerned Californian Regarding “This is a Texas problem, not a clean energy problem,” (A13, Feb. 18): I want to express my sympathy for all those in Texas who are suffering the effects of extreme frost, one more effect of the clima...