Gov. Greg Abbott said that energy agency ERCOT is responsible for last week’s catastrophic grid failure. Abbott claimed that the agency did not take the winter storm seriously.During a legislative hearing on Thursday, lawmakers expressed their outrage toward the Electric Reliability Council of Texas after more than 4 million Texas customers were left without electricity and heat during a deadly cold snap this month.
“They downplayed the severity of it, at the same time telling me and the public that they were fully prepared for it,” Abbott said at the hearing. “Texas suffered last week in ways they shouldn’t have to suffer.” “We came dangerously close to losing the entire electric system,” ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said. “I’d say [ERCOT] worked from keeping us from going into a blackout that we'd still be in today, that's why we did it.
Although, for some Texans like Tim Hammond, it wasn’t enough. The church he manages in Arlington, Texas, completely flooded after its pipes burst. He said that they’re focused on healing.
At it cost lives of families and children. Shame on you Gov Abott.
Finger pointing, on Abbott’s part. ERCOT controls the grid, they don’t own or control the power generation facilities. In other words, they are like flight directors at an airport. They decide who goes where, but not how many planes are in the air.
Now you are angry?
I thought it was the Green new deal
You mean GovAbbott is now throwing Ercot under the bus for his failures and inequities Noooooo
I don't believe Ercot's pathetic excuses.
Isn't the Texas legislature in charge of regulating the energy company? They voted against the winterizing in 2011.
You mean it wasn’t the windmills after all? Well, whadaya know?
Wait, you mean 'the buck stops at ERCOT?' Pass the blame. GregAbbott not tryin to be in front of no bus. texasfreeze texaswinterstorm ercotfail
kind of obvious!
And they still haven’t learned anything and aren’t going to do anything about it. We need to vote these Republicans out of office
And TexasGOP did not take the safety of their citizens seriously when they deregulated the power grid in Texas. Deregulation is what allowed all those energy companies to do everything on the cheap in order to maximize profits. TexasGOP IS TO BLAME!
This is why we should always require regulation standards for everything. It helps prevent catastrophic failures and disasters such as this 🙄
Neither did you, you absolute cock GregAbbott_TX
Republicans are trying to make it sound like they had no responsibility for this mess. They are
I guess blaming AOC wasn’t working so let’s throw the next group under the bus. It’s the Republican way.
What about you GregAbbott_TX?
Who appoints ERCOT board members again?
also responsible for financing his politics
Texas is a backward ass state
No, TX republicans are, & they all set back & made millions of dollars. Of course many flew off to warm places. Like Jerry Jones & Cruz, & all the others that took private planes out.
Abbott and his GOP colleagues of the past 20 years are 100% responsible. They could have — but never did — required energy producers to “harden” their facilities. Never did. Never did.
Oh... I thought it was the space alien controlled windmills that caused it? 🤔
They’ve only known it could happen for decades. Their failure to ensure their infrastructure was robust was prompted by greed...the costs would cut into their bonuses. Inexcusable they make the consumer pay for scarcity the utility created through poor management.
ACTIONS speaks louder than WORDS!! Governor Abbott!!
This didn’t happen
And he did not either other wise he would have had backup plans
They should really fire AOC from ERCOT_ISO for her terrible job of handling this crisis. ERCOT Texas
And now starts the blame game 👉👈
Wait! It wasn’t windmills?
Did Abbott mention that he appointed the ERCOT board and that ERCOT reports to him? Weasel.
How many ERCOT board members did Abbott appoint? Asking for a friend.
He lies and you repeat..
Yeah ! It was ERCOT”🙄
Yeah they were sitting around playing Texas Hold’em
Do you think this is what people really need right now?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was responsible.
They've know about this for how many years?
Gee, neither has the state Government.
So it wasn't the windmills?
Capitalism and GOP deregulation
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