I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Abbott is now calling for regulation mandating winterization.


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2021/02/19/gov--abbott-calls-for-mandatory-winterization-of-power-plants--proof-blackout-was-imminent

but but but.. that will kill jobs!!! No!!! Not socialism!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abbott is now calling for regulation mandating winterization.


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2021/02/19/gov--abbott-calls-for-mandatory-winterization-of-power-plants--proof-blackout-was-imminent

but but but.. that will kill jobs!!! No!!! Not socialism!

Nonsense, they can hire the - what is it up to, 40 million people? - who were working on the Keystone pipeline!

[Anonymous]

Global warming and green energy totally humiliated in hilarious fashion all in one event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Global warming and green energy totally humiliated in hilarious fashion all in one event.

If you can't explain how, then it will be humiliating for you to be caught spreading falsehoods and sounding dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abbott is now calling for regulation mandating winterization.


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2021/02/19/gov--abbott-calls-for-mandatory-winterization-of-power-plants--proof-blackout-was-imminent

but but but.. that will kill jobs!!! No!!! Not socialism!

Nonsense, they can hire the - what is it up to, 40 million people? - who were working on the Keystone pipeline!

or the 40million could take the jobs of all the illegal immigrants. After all, they took all of these great American jobs, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Global warming and green energy totally humiliated in hilarious fashion all in one event.

If you can't explain how, then it will be humiliating for you to be caught spreading falsehoods and sounding dumb.

No, PP.. the ^PP will be saying this in an echo chamber where everyone will be in agreement and nodding their heads, ie, PP's audience will be just as ignorant.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

[Anonymous]

This seems Koch-y

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

Yes, most people will miss this point, which is unfortunate, because it means the real problems in Texas won't be addressed.

Just like I predict that despite all the national coverage right now of the sky-high bills the people on the variable rate plans are receiving, there won't be sufficient regulation of the retail electricity market in ERCOT either. The same people whining for relief now will be voting against "harmful regulations" later this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

but but but this was CRUZ and ABBOTT!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

but but but this was CRUZ and ABBOTT!!!!

Yes, low regulation Cruz and Abbott created an atmosphere that lead to this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

but but but this was CRUZ and ABBOTT!!!!

Yes, low regulation Cruz and Abbott created an atmosphere that lead to this.

Yet the board resigned. They didn’t have to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

OK they fell on their swords. But the legislature is responsible for creating a system that failed. The free market was supposed to provide resilience, and it did not. ERCOT, for their many flaws, did not have the power to mandate winterization. They accurately reported that "a majority" (not most, not all) producers followed their voluntary cold weather plans. The failure is the market more than the administrators.

but but but this was CRUZ and ABBOTT!!!!

Yes, low regulation Cruz and Abbott created an atmosphere that lead to this.

Yet the board resigned. They didn’t have to.

Five board members didn’t live in Texas and the legislature has already been saying they want to pass a law that says board members need to live there.

Also, the board spent less than a minute discussing storm preparedness. Oops.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/environment/2021/02/19/winter-storm-texas-ercot-officials-spent-40-seconds-preparedness-meeting/4507805001/