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/PRNewswire/ -- The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) today announced the Centennial Cohort of the Blind Leaders Development Program, named as such as...
Most Texas Power Grids Failing the Summer Heat Also Failed Winter Storms On 7/9/21 at 12:04 AM EDT The sweltering Texas heat is putting extreme strain on the same power grids that failed during February's deadly winter storms. Newly released data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows that there have been a total of 1,280 summer power outages across the state. In addition, between June 14-18, 97 power plants had a total of 224 unplanned outages. Of those 97 plants, two-thirds went down during February's storms, according to KHOU. Plants running off natural gas suffered the most,...
ERCOT CEO Terminated After Deadly Winter Storm Get our free mobile app One of the biggest disasters was the lack of communication from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and its residents. Texans were kept entirely in the dark about the disaster that was happening right under their noses. While temperatures began to fall below freezing and power began to trip off, Texans had no idea why and when they would get their electricity turned back on. Never in a million years would they have expected to be without a basic necessity like electricity more than a few hours, let alone days!
Fired ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says he will not seek, accept severance pay By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published AUSTIN, Texas - ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness has told the ERCOT Board of Directors that he will not seek or accept severance pay, according to the agency. In accordance with his employment agreement, his severance pay would have been equivalent to one year of his current base salary, which is more than $800,000. Earlier this week, the ERCOT board of directors voted to fire Magness, effective in 60 days. According to a statement from the board, Magness will continue to...
ERCOT voted to terminate its CEO following the failures of the state's electrical grid during the February winter storm.