'Everyone is asking, why?': Texas lawmakers grill generators, regulators on mass outages
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‘We can’t bathe in a bottle of water’ and other top quotes of the week ERCOT on the Legislature, a legislator on the PUC, Ted Cruz on Orlando vs. Cancun, and much more. Area resident Belia Ornelas, 50 (right), receives bottled water from the Dallas Office of Emergency Management, which delivered 12 pallets of bottled water that were distributed at The Buckner Family Hope Center on Feb. 23, 2021 in Dallas. (Photo Omar Vega / Al Dia)(Omar Vega) “We can’t bathe in a bottle of water and we can’t fill our toilet tanks with a bottle of water. To be honest, aside from drinking or brushin...
McKinney during the winter storm affecting the entire state last week. The storm brought snow, ice, and freezing temperatures at the same time that the state's power grid operations nearly collapsed and millions of Texans were left without electricity. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texans who receive their electricity from Griddy Energy are being shifted to other providers after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the power grid ...
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The Lege This Week: Adventures in Circular Finger Pointing The main theme to emerge from the Lege’s blackout hearings? Mea culpas for thee, but not for me. Witness Kirk Morgan, at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, February 25, 2021, in Austin. AP Photo/Eric Gay The main theme to emerge from the Lege’s blackout hearings? Mea culpas for thee, but not for me. Witness Kirk Morgan, at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Res...