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Texas Grid Operator to Be Investigated by Congressional Subcommittee Texas' costliest natural disaster will be the subject of a congressional investigation by a House Oversight subcommittee thanks to Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who is concerned about ERCOT's lack of preparation for extreme winter weather. March 7, 2021, 11am PST | Irvin Dawid Share Winter storm 2021, as The Texas Tribune has dubbed it, "which killed dozens around the state, is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in Texas' history, even costlier than Hurricane Harvey, which inflicted $125 billion in damage," writ...

Residents of 108 Texas counties can seek federal aid after storm Bryan Mena The Texas Tribune Texans in more than 100 counties, including Brown County, can begin applying for federal assistance to help them recover from last week’s massive winter storm that caused widespread power outages, water disruptions and building damages from burst pipes. And the number of counties whose residents qualify for such aid could grow “as more work is done to evaluate need,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Monday 31 additional counties whos...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has ended emergency conditions and said conservation is no longer necessary. “We only request conservation from customers when we really feel like we’re near emergency conditions,” said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT senior director of system operations, during a virtual press conference Friday morning. “We are completely back to normal operations.” The regulator said it ended its forced outages Friday morning. Transmission providers are still continuing to end the remaining rotating outages, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said. Some Texans could be experiencin...