The article is pure unadulterated bull shit
Why is that? I admit that I have no love lost or even left for center point energy, formerly Houston Larceny and Power. In times past I thought they did a pretty lousy job of their responsibilities. Very happy to not need them any longer. My local coop does a much better job with what center point would consider a skeleton crew.
Yah, I was in Houston during Alicia. Anyone who does not expect power poles to go down during even a mild hurricane has no bloody idea what they are talking about. Yah can’t bury the lines when the water table is <12 feet below the surface. Yah can’t stabilize thousands of power poles in gumbo soil.
The geography is hostile. Grow up and live with it.
Yes and the Houston Chronical is full of it
In Texas as elsewhere, electric utilities are highly regulated entities, accountable to a public commission for their rates, service quality, and infrastructure. Strong, storm resistant utility lines are expensive though. When Texans want to harden their utility lines against storms, they can do like Florida and require it.