TX counties with fewer outages not part of state grid

[struggle4progress]

Author: Jeremy Rogalski
Published: 7:14 PM CST February 17, 2021
Updated: 9:24 AM CST February 18, 2021

HOUSTON ... “We had about three thousand people that were out during this period, a thousand of them had outages that were less than five minutes,” said Eddie Gutierrez, vice president of strategic communications for El Paso Electric ...

“Making sure that we had we could winterize our equipment and facilities so they could stand minus-10 degree weather for a sustained period of time,” he said.

On the east side of the state, several counties around Beaumont also suffered relatively few outages ...

The Beaumont area is served by Entergy, which also beefed up winterization efforts in preparation for the storm ...

... weatherization standards are voluntary in Texas ...

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/investigations/texas-power-outage-counties-with-fewer-power-outages-are-not-part-of-state-grid/285-67277280-7fce-42ca-b55b-f8fc639c0889

[elleng]

1. No sh*t, sherlock.

[luvs2sing]

2. Yup. Hubster is talking to a friend..

in Beaumont right now. They never lost power.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. "Regulation" is a dirty word to repubs.

Just say that it should be done and if not, meh. Bottom line feeders aren't going to spend money they don't have to. That's why we have regulations.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Huh.

How bizarre is that?

[dalton99a]

5. Yep