The heads of ERCOT's board of directors don't even live in Texas

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The heads of ERCOT's board of directors don't even live in Texas

Abigail Rosenthal

The heads of ERCOT's board of directors don't even live in Texas

Feb. 16, 2021
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 4:01 p.m.

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Just an FYI, five members of the ERCOT board of directors live out of state. the chair lives in Michigan and the vice chair is an economics prof in Cologne Germany. Experts, but not people affected by the failure.
— rgratcliffe (@rgratcliffe) February 16, 2021


ERCOT manages the flow of electric power in Texas and is responsible for ensuring the one independent power grid in the country is up and running as it should. And in a historic and life-threatening cold snap, it's still unknown when millions will get the heat back on in their homes.

ERCOT Chair Sally Talberg lives in Michigan and served on the Michigan Public Service Commission until 2020, according to her ERCOT biography. She was elected to the board earlier this month.
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Vice Chair Peter Cramton is a professor at the University of Cologne in Germany and the University of Maryland. According to his LinkedIn page, he lives in Del Mar, California. Cramton has served on the board since 2015.

ERCOT, which manages the flow of electric power in Texas, initiated rolling blackouts early Monday morning. However, the blackouts quickly became serious as millions of Texans lost power for hours in frigid temperatures. As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.37 million people were still without power in Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle.


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Abigail Rosenthal

[Irish_Dem]

1. They're probably all warm and cozy, full bellies and enjoying life.

[MagickMuffin]

2. A Non-profit should NOT be in charge or CONTROL of your POWER SYSTEMS

As a Texan who was without power for over 24hrs I am not amused or impressed with this negligence. And Bill Magness doesn't want to take responsibility sounds like someone else we know oh so well!


I will use this as a base for calling Reps. This was definitely an eye opener and will be investigated, which I would refer an independent outside investigation.

I was looking at their salaries and the CEO pays himself over $800,000 annually. I want our money back.

NOTE: the 40 represents their work week hrs.


*** This Judy Wash doesn't even have a job title and works only 8 hrs a week, nice job if you can get it!


William Magness BOARD MEMBER; PRESIDENT & CEO 40 $814,909


Cheryl Mele SVP & COO 40 $440,955


Jerry Dreyer SVP, & CIO 40 $399,028


Chad Seely SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & GOVERNANCE 40 $379,614


Michael Petterson VP AND CFO 40 $322,141


Diane M Williams VP, HUMAN RESOURCES 40 $311,875


Theresa Gage VP, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & CORP COMM 40 $308,000


Kenan Ogleman VP, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS 40 $302,965


Dwayne Rickerson VP, GRID PLANNING & OPERATIONS 40 $301,464


Sallie Betty Day VP, GOVERNANCE, RISK & COMPLIANCE 40 $277,170


Steve Daniels VP, APPLICATION SERVICES & IT OPS 40 $259,192


Mark Ruane DIRECTOR, SETTLEMENTS RETAIL AND CREDIT 40 $239,962


Dan Woodfin SR. DIRECTOR, SYSTEM OPERATIONS 40 $231,774


Joel Mickey SR. DIRECTOR WHOLESALE MARKET DESIGN 40 $226,236


Nathan Bigbee ASST. GENERAL COUNSEL, REGULATOR 40 $225,619


Bryan Hanley DIRECTOR, IT INFRASTRUCTURE 40 $225,301


David Forfia DIRECTOR IT ARCHITECTURE 40 $224,952


Warren Lasher SENIOR DIRECTOR, SYSTEM PLANNING 40 $215,520


Vickie Leady ASST. GC AND ASST. CORP. SECRETARY 40 $208,215


Amanda Bauld DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE 40 $205,580


John Messer DIRECTOR, IT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 40 $195,980


***Judy Walsh BOARD MEMBER 8 $100,100

[struggle4progress]

3. Texas should be connected to the national grid

The problem isn't windmills. The problem isn't AOC's Green New Deal. The problem isn't that ERCOT has non-Texans on its board. These are all stinky red herrings

The problem is that libertarian Texas wingnuts oppose meaningful regulation that would ensure grid reliability and access to back-up power

Texas hasn't connected to the national grid because that would bring national regulation of the Texas grid -- providing access to back-up power and improving grid reliability