Texas gas companies face fines up to $1 million for failing to prepare for extreme weather

  • 📰 ksatnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 20 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 53%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

Critics are skeptical about whether the new rules by the Railroad Commission will prevent another catastrophe like the power grid disaster in February 2021

on the Texas freeze released in late 2021 found that 87% of unplanned generation outages were due to fuel issues related to natural gas.The Texas Competitive Power Advocates, which represents electricity generators, said the fine was not a strong punishment. “Penalties should serve as an incentive to avoid violations, not as a minor inconvenience,” the group said in comments submitted to the Railroad Commission.

in the November election, slammed Christian and the Railroad Commission. The new rule “is beyond inadequate, failing to provide the accountability Texans deserve,” Warford told the board. “How can we possibly trust that this rule is going to keep us safe now?”Neither Christian nor the other commissioners responded to Warford’s remarks during the public comments portion of the meeting.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Yeah, I'm skeptical. Seeing as how this is an election year repubs are faking like they're on top of things but it's all a smokescreen and we should not fall for it.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 442. in ZA

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines