"People should probably be worried": Texas hasn't done enough to prevent another winter blackout, ex

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I am worried

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After last winter’s freeze hamstrung power giant Vistra Corp.’s ability to keep electricity flowing for its millions of customers, CEO Curt Morgan said he’d never seen anything like it in his 40 years in the energy industry.......

That’s because the state still hasn’t fixed the critical problem that paralyzed his plants: maintaining a sufficient supply of natural gas, Morgan said.

Natural gas slowed to a trickle during the storm, leaving the Midlothian facility and 13 other Vistra power plants that run on gas without enough fuel. The shortage forced Vistra to pay more than $1.5 billion on the spot market for whatever gas was available, costing the company in a matter of days more than twice the amount it usually spends in an entire year. Even then, plants were able to operate at only a fraction of their capacity; the Midlothian facility ran at 30% of full strength during the height of the storm......

But energy experts say Texas’ grid remains vulnerable, largely because newly written regulations allowed too much wiggle room for companies to avoid weatherization improvements that can take months or years. More than nine months after February’s storm — which could exceed Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in state history — a lack of data from regulators and industry groups makes it impossible to know how many power and gas facilities are properly weatherized.

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1. With Abbott in office Texans should realize he lied about why power failed last year,

Blaming renewable energy knowing that was a lie, and it was mostly caused from freezing gas lines. Abbott's a fraud and a liar first claiming not long ago it wouldn't happen again, but now walking his statement back. He's in the gas energy's back pocket, so it's no surprise little has been done yet.

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2. Ya think? Not worried Freaking out, maybe.