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Just one Public Utility Commission member remains after another resignation in aftermath of winter storm By Patrick Svitek and The Texas Tribune Published  article Power lines along a row of homes in South Austin. Many residents experienced power outages due to the winter storm that rolled through Texas. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Public Utility Commissioner Shelly Botkin has resigned in the aftermath of the deadly Texas winter weather crisis that left millions of people without power. The three-member PUC oversees the state's power grid operator, the Electric Reliabil...

ERCOT overcharged power companies $16 billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says Mitchell Ferman, ERIN DOUGLAS, The Texas Tribune March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail "ERCOT overcharged power companies $16 billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas made a $16 billion error in pricing during the week of the winter storm that caus...

Oil and gas interests left to "self-regulate" in aftermath of winter storm ERIN DOUGLAS, The Texas Tribune March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail After being battered by withering criticism of its management of the power grid during last month’s winter storm, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas saw several of its board members resign and fired its CEO. The chair of the Public Utility Commission, which oversees the grid operator, was forced to resign. The political fallout from the long-lasting Texas power outages have hit both entities hard after Gov. Greg Abbott blamed ERCOT’s leaders...

The board overseeing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the independent nonprofit entity that operates and manages the electricity grid that covers much of Texas, fired ERCOT CEO Bill Magness Wednesday night.

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