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Ex-New York power market CEO named interim ERCOT CEO by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 9:28 pm EDT AUSTIN, Texas — The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid serving 90% of Texas, officials announced Tuesday. Brad Jones has been hired for up to one year as chief executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT board member Mark Carpenter calls Jones “an experienced leader” who “understands the ERCOT vision and mission.” He takes over a grid manager whose management has...

2 people found this useful Motorpoint has revealed that 52% of its used car sales were completed online during a COVID-hit 2020 trading period. A trading update for the top ID50 used car supermarket’s financial year to March 31 revealed that the results of a digital focus and the offer of free home delivery to customers had “exceeded expectations” as the pandemic threatened to devastate the sector’s sales performance. Among the highlights of update, published ahead of full preliminary results expected on June 16, Motorpoint revealed that it had sold 68,000 vehicles sold in the year, i...

Oncor crews work to restore power to homes in Euless on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. In the wake of last month's disastrous winter storm, electricity provider Oncor had to answer tough questions from members of the Dallas City Council. "The lack of transparency is something that I have a really hard time with," said council member Adam Bazaldua, who represents District 7. "What I was able to give my constituents really told them nothing. Someone within the communications department of Oncor needs to be held accountable." During the blackout, Bazaldua and many council members said their phones wer...

After hearing the apologies, Dallas City Council Members were not convinced things would be different the next time. They said problems identified in 2011 had not been solved. “We don't know if our next one is next week. And we are not prepared for it,” Councilman Adam Bazaldua said. At least four wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against Dallas-based Oncor by families of victims who claim negligence by Oncor in how this year’s winter weather event was handled. The lawsuit from the family of Katherine Birdwell, 72, of San Saba County said she died after days without electricity fo...

The electricity company promised to improve communications during future weather crises and insists outages did not reflect neighborhood bias.