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Gov. Greg Abbott says power grid better than ever as Texans asked to cut back electricity use Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Details of electrical transformers at the Austin Energy/Sand Hill Energy Center in Del Valle on March 24, 2020. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday afternoon that Texas’ main power grid “is better today than it’s ever been” — even as residents were on their third consecutive day of being asked to reduce electricity use. The Electric Reliability Council of...

Public support of CPS Energy crumbled following power outages, Bexar Facts poll shows Utility’s approval rating dropped below 50% following February’s deadly winter storm Published:  Tags:  . The public’s job approval rating of CPS Energy took a nosedive following February’s deadly winter storm and widespread power outages, according to a new poll of likely Bexar County voters. Only 46% of people who took part in the Bexar Facts-KSAT-San Antonio Report 2021 Q1 poll approve of the job the city utility is doing. That number is a massive drop compared to CPS Energy’s approval ratings...

elephant in the room Amid the efforts to place blame for the failure of the Texas power grid, politicians and pundits miss the elephant in the room. Texas is in the middle of a shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels. Why would anyone, including politicians and regulators, advocate investing in doomed infrastructure? Whether pumping stations or generating plants, investors can see the day coming when they are told to abandon their investment. Ratepayers or taxpayers, we are all going to pay for whatever solution is put in place, but please, let's not go back to the perverse negative inc...

He becomes the second senior official to depart in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, announced late Friday that it has revoked electric company Griddy’s right to operate.