[ProtectOurFreedom]

During the February 2021 winter storm, [natural gas] transmission companies inadvertently cut power to parts of the natural gas supply chain when ERCOT ordered the utilities to reduce power demand or risk further damage to the grid. That decision aggravated the problem as natural gas producers were unable to deliver enough fuel to power plants.

That can't be right. They cut power to the natural gas compressors that fed gas-fired generation plants? Nobody is THAT stupid!

[ChuckHam]

The key word there is inadvertently. So yes, someone was that stupid or had bad info/policy to follow.

[Allegra]

That can't be right. They cut power to the natural gas compressors that fed gas-fired generation plants? Nobody is THAT stupid!

The Texas Tribune is a junk tabloid. I don’t trust anything they say.

[wild74]

I don’t know about cutting power to the Compressors most Natural Gas compressors run on NG not electricity, some do but most do not. Even though they had well freeze up most Natural Gas companies have access to under ground storage that can supplement their pipeline system in times of low volumes.