The heads of ERCOT's board of directors don't even live in Texas

Chron.com ^ | 16 FEB 21 | Abigail Rosenthal

[I got the rope]

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is getting a lot of attention as millions of Texans remain without power while the state faces extreme cold.

Meanwhile, ERCOT's recently elected chair and vice chair for the board of directors aren't feeling the chill like we are.

[a fool in paradise]

I feel like I’m Back In The USSR

[a fool in paradise]

shared body heat is essential for survival in coldweather power outages

[mewzilla]

http://www.cramton.umd.edu/

Explains a lot.

[I got the rope]

yep...lovely

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

No power for a whole month?

Holy moly.

[DrewsMum]

That’s all on Abbott!

[DesertRhino]

And look at all the diversity! Brunettes, blondes, and redheads.

[Vaduz]

Note sign in back ground done by chance?.

[_Jim]

LETS invoke a little history in all this ... shall we?

THIS was a cold weather event redux, first performed in 1989, repeated in 2011 and again here in 2021. Temps this time matched those in 1989, before Texas went with a de-regulated electric market. Temps in 2011 only dipped into the teens instead of the single digits as in 1989 and 2021.

“Report on Outages and Curtailments During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011”
2-01-2011 Feb 2 2011 ERCOT blackouts

https://www.balch.com/files/upload/NERC_8_16_2011_SW_Cold_Weather_Event_Final_Report.pdf

Doc also contains:

“Impact of Cold Weather on Gas Production in the Texas
and New Mexico Gas Production Regions of the United
States During early February, 2011”

“Winterization Document”
Prepared for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Prepared by Gas Technology Institute
by Kent F. Perry

An excerpt from pg 188:

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Texas has recently enacted legislation to deal with the problem of inadequate winterization by generators. A bill was introduced in the Texas legislature following the February 2011 blackouts, with provisions directing the PUCT to prepare a weather emergency preparedness report, to review the emergency operations plans on file, and to recommend improvements to the plans to ensure electric service reliability. In introducing the bill, State Senator Glenn Hegar stated: “What I don’t want, is another storm and another report someone puts on the shelf for 21 years and nobody looks at.”

After a Senate Committee hearing, the bill was amended and unanimously adopted by the Texas Senate. The House unanimously passed the bill on May 23, and the bill was signed into law by Governor Richard Perry on June 17, 2011.

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“February Power Blackouts Across Texas echoed 1989 Failures”
By Eric Dexheimer
Austin American-Statesman, Apr. 10, 2011
Posted Apr 11, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Updated Dec 12, 2018 at 10:13 AM
https://www.statesman.com/article/20110411/NEWS/304119704

[Gritty]

Yeah. Professor Cramton is an "expert" in carbon auctions.

What a joke. Texas got scammed by allowing this guy on the Board. Whomever is involved with this fraud needs to be fired.

[jacknhoo]

Wow, that’s a lot of silicone.

[tbw2]

Records show the two top office holders of the 15-member board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), live out-of-state. Three other ERCOT board members also appear to live thousands of miles from Texas.
Source: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/five-ercot-board-members-live-out-of-state-texas-jeff-leach-calls-for-change/287-2a1286b8-9cf5-4336-ae58-97b1997f9fa0