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Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said widespread blackouts during last week’s winter storm were necessary to prevent grid failure.
Updated 11:11 p.m. The head of the state's power grid operator on Thursday defended the group’s decision to order widespread blackouts during last week's winter storm, telling state lawmakers that doing so helped prevent a larger disaster. Last week’s freezing weather led to skyrocketing demand and unprecedented strain on the power grid, forcing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to enact sustained outages across the state to keep its grid from collapsing. But in response to a question from state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said that he had no regrets abo...
The 17 wildest things that happened during early voting FacebookTwitterEmail From threats to spitting, police had their hands full investigating these incidents during early voting in 2020.Melissa Phillip/Staff photographer A new report shows each and every interaction that police had with enraged voters, disgruntled poll workers and errant election judges during the 2020 election in Harris County. The Precinct 1 Constable's Office led the Harris County Election Security Task Force, a small unit comprised of deputies, county lawyers, prosecutors and election clerks that monitored polls during...
Houston was a train wreck for Democrats in 2020. Here's why. Jasper Scherer, Mike Morris, Stephanie Lamm, Staff writers Nov. 4, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Democrat Sri Kulkarni, right, listens to voter Destiny Ilori, left, after she submitted her vote at a polling site on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Houston. Kulkarni lost his bid for Texas’ 22nd Congressional District to Republican Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Democrat Sri Kulkarni talks to voters KP, 21, and Avery Crucial, right, 20, at a polling s...