![]() His group is conducting its own review of last month’s outages.īill Magness, the outgoing CEO of the grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, commonly known as ERCOT, said power from all types of energy dropped during the storm, including natural gas. ![]() Those upgrades weren’t made, and Robb said Wednesday that the natural gas system needs to be better prepared. “As a critical balancing resource, gas is the fuel that keeps the lights on,” said John Robb, president of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.Īfter outages in February 2011, Robb’s group recommended that Texas power plants needed better protection against winter storms. The head of a national electric-industry group said natural gas is vital as a bridge to a lower-carbon grid and for picking up slack when weather reduces output from wind and solar energy. Renewables make up a growing share of the power supply in Texas. ![]() Republicans said coal, natural gas and nuclear energy are more reliable than wind and solar and must remain a major part of the mix. DALLAS (AP) - Congress is looking into last month’s massive and deadly power outages across Texas and questioning officials who oversee the state’s energy industry and electric grid.Ī House Energy subcommittee hearing Wednesday provided little new insight into the crisis, however, and often turned into a debate about the relative merits of fossil fuels and renewables.ĭemocrats on the panel said climate change is making such extreme weather events more common, and they argued for more renewable energy. ![]()
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