“... [T]he Consulting Team does not expect the same levels of outage would be observed during similar weather conditions due to improvements that have been made by the PUCT, such as weatherization rules and firm fuel procurement,” the report states, referring to new requirements for extreme weather preparedness and on-site backup fuel incentives.
“The array of other reforms we’ve put in place – everything from winterization to better coordination with the natural gas industry to the new natural gas supply chain – combined will mitigate the impacts of future Uri-like events,” Lake said of the storm.
Hey “it could’ve been worse”
Should we expect anything different. Republicans are ideologically opposed to regulation (unless sex is involved) so we’ll all continue to be at risk.
Thanks GregAbbott_TX