The statement contradicts an earlier claim from Abbott's office that the governor wasn't “involved in any way” in the decision to keep prices at their top level of 150 times normal. GregAbbott Texas TexasFreeze TexasGrid PowerGrid TexasPolitics
That statement from Bill Magness, who headed the Electric Reliability Council of Texas during the storm's statewide blackouts, directly contradicts an
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The regulator to whom Magness referred, Public Utility Commission Chair DeAnn Walker, an Abbott appointee, resigned last March in the wake of the grid's collapse. Magness also stepped down amid public scrutiny following the disaster. ERCOT's decision to maintain power prices at their cap until Feb. 19 resulted in electric companies in the state — including San Antonio's CPS Energy — incurring an additional $16 billion in costs, theAbbott's handling of the power grid's failure during Winter Storm Uri, a disaster that killed hundreds of Texans, has emerged as one his biggest reelection liabilities.
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