Posted on 03/04/2021 10:11:36 PM PST by george76
The president and CEO of the Texas power grid has been fired after mounting calls for his ouster following the deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.
Bill Magness was given a two-month termination notice Wednesday by the board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a cooperative responsible for 90 percent of the state’s electricity.
On Monday, the state’s top utility regulator resigned in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in US history.
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Grid operators disconnected more than 4 million customers as the system buckled, which Magness has said was necessary to avert an even greater catastrophic blackout that could have lasted months.
The power grid was “four minutes 37 seconds away from a total collapse”
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During the storm, 356 generators were knocked offline, nearly doubling what Texas experienced during its last major winter storm in 2011
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The prolonged outages escalated to a crisis of tragic proportions, as residents trying to keep warm died of carbon monoxide poisoning and others froze to death.
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At least six ERCOT board members have stepped down in the aftermath of the blackouts.
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Fine, now the board members need to all resign in shame.
Shouldn’t the board also be fired?
Fall guy. Will the next CEO/Board spend billions on severe Winter proofing the system? You betcha. Will they need it to activate in the near future? Don’t know.
One thing for certain is that electricity costs will be going up for Texans.
In the contined absence of a Mr. Fusion, it’s pretty expensive to produce all of one’s desired electricity.
mad_as_he$$ wrote:
“Fall guy. Will the next CEO/Board spend billions on severe Winter proofing the system? You betcha. Will they need it to activate in the near future? Don’t know.
One thing for certain is that electricity costs will be going up for Texans.”
That board -better- winterize the power generation system.
In the meantime, I’m fixin to get a whole-house generator (among other things).
This is the problem, being fired is no longer a big deal!
Exactly
“Green” energy is amazingly expensive.
The other components of the Texas grid produce relatively cheap electricity, and don’t fall over in the cold.
IIRC the board members who live outside of Texas have already resigned.
I hear the Katrina refugees are moving back to NOLA.
Excellent idea.
One lesson from this crisis is that one cannot currently count on the natural gas supply. I use propane onsite for my generator. Yes it is a finite fuel supply but one I can manage.
In his defense I will say he refused his severance package, at the amount of $800,000. .
CC
Yeah, I know ... all those jobs lost ... tough!
Since when do jobs come before lives ?
The fundamental problem with all of this is that the Texas energy industry was complying with and implementing the asinine green energy policies of the federal government. The Texeas secession movement needs to hammer this point endlessly. Texans should be making these sorts of critical decisions based on what is best for Texans, not the cockamamie edicts issued from an illegitimate and tyrannical DC junta.
Did I detect a note of sarcasm in that?
I thought that the whole purpose behind having their own grid was so they didn't have to submit to regulations or comply with green policies. Nobody forced windmills on Texas. It was their decision.
The Texeas secession movement needs to hammer this point endlessly.
Yeah, winter weather brings the Texas power grid down and the first thing they do is yell to the federal government for disaster assistance. Maybe the secession movement needs to hammer that too?
Texans should be making these sorts of critical decisions based on what is best for Texans, not the cockamamie edicts issued from an illegitimate and tyrannical DC junta.
Texas is. Utilities in the east and west power grids were required to winterize their plants, Texas wasn't. Utilities in the east and west power grids were required to have redundant backups, Texas wasn't. Texas got the power grid that Texas wanted, a cheap one. Unregulated to any real extent. Profitable for the companies providing the power. Texas has nobody to blame for their problems but themselves. Texas had a taste of what can happen 10 years ago and they did absolutely nothing to prevent another occurrence. Anyone who thinks that this past experience is going to change anything is delusional.
About 50%. lol.....
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