Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a lot of ERCOT electric capaciy etxplaining to do

ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas 😕😆 ) said there was "high potential" for emergency operations, which in a worst-case scenario, involves the implementation of rolling power outages.  

(Maine Writer- to summarize what's wrong with the Abbott-ERCOT political bond, think monopoly. ERCOT has a monopoly on its customers (although El Paso is exempt) and Abbott thinks the failed electric utility is keeping the government regulators out of Texas.  Monopolies typically lead to corruption driven by greed and blocking US government oversight of the ERCOT failed electric grid is causing harm to average Texans, who have nowhere to go for their energy needs. The citizens are stuck with what Abbott has given to ERCOT. Oddly enough, because Texas is anti-government regulators, the freedom from oversight  allowed alternative energy generators to prosper! Of course, that outcome was never Abbott's intention, so he doesn't talk much about this alternative.)

Published on August 25, 2023, in RawStory by Sky Palma:

People in Texas are once again being told to prepare for rolling blackouts, prompting criticism of the state's governor, Greg Abbott, Newsweek reported.

Texans were asked on Thursday to cut down on their energy usage as experts said the high demand for power in the extreme heat could cause problem with the state's power grid.

"Avoiding the reach of federal regulators, Texas has long operated on a lone grid that is separated from the rest of the country," Newsweek's report stated. "Although the state has been able to remain exempt from federal rules, its power grid has run into issues being disconnected from the nation's other grids, meaning Texas cannot access power from other states, even in times of emergency."

Texans took to social media to slam Abbott.

"Greg Abbott has turned Texas into a developing country, routinely worried about rolling blackouts," Karthik Soora, a candidate for Texas' state Senate, wrote on X.

"Texas Republicans have been too busy banning abortions, attacking trans kids, and banning books by Black authors in schools to fix the electric grid," wrote Rebecca Marques, who runs the progressive media company Texas Signal.

While the extreme weather becomes a more frequent occurrence, the Texas grid has repeatedly become strained by heat and storms. Each time, Abbott has drawn outrage from residents who have urged him to act to prevent chaos over future energy problems.

Attorney Sara Spector posted on X: "Breaking: just got alert in TX that our energy grid is failing ! Great job Greg Abbott on fixing that grid!" alongside a caption of the ERCOT warning.