Not Just 2011 - Near Collapse Of Electrical Grid In 2014 By Biggest TX Utility Produced No Changes

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1. It goes even further back to 1989 (can't imagine)

I found this article a few days ago and dropped it into a couple of threads. It touches on the crisis from 1989 then 2011 and again in 2021. Now one from 2014 as well. Warnings went unheeded. Robber Barons do whatever they want to if allowed to... (My emphasis added)

Texas power outages: How the largest energy-producing state failed in freezing temps
By Jason Whitely (WFAA)
Feb 15, 2021, 8:28pm EST

"The experiences of 1989 are instructive, particularly on the electric side. In that year, as in 2011, cold weather caused many generators to trip, derate, or fail to start. The [Public Utility Commission of Texas] investigated the occurrence and issued a number of recommendations aimed at improving winterization on the part of the generators.”

“These recommendations were not mandatory, and over the course of time implementation lapsed. Many of the generators that experienced outages in 1989 failed again in 2011," the investigation discovered.”

“Fast forward a decade and here we are again.”
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2021/02/15/dallas-winter-storm-freeze.html

Thank you for posting. Texas needs people in office who want to fix problems and not just raid the coffers.