![]() ![]() "All of our hearts go out to all of you who have had to go without electricity, heat, water, medicine and food from frigid temperatures and continue to face the tragic consequences."īill Magness, president and CEO of ERCOT, told board members that nearly half of the power typically available to Texas' grid went offline at the lowest point last week. ![]() "I want to acknowledge the pain and suffering of Texans during this tragedy that continues for many," said Sally Talberg, ERCOT's board chair, who was among the members who resigned. A seventh person, a board candidate, withdrew his application. The crisis last week and resulting criticism of ERCOT ended with the six board members’ resignations, effective at the end of the meeting Wednesday. Leaders of ERCOT on Wednesday briefed the board on why millions of Texans sustained dayslong power outages last week and apologized for not giving the board and the public earlier warning about the possibility of massive disruptions. In the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ first meeting since a historic winter storm caused the near-collapse of Texas' power grid, the director of the board acknowledged the "pain and suffering" that millions of Texans experienced during prolonged power outages - then resigned along with five other board members. Millions went without power in Texas for days last week, and on Wednesday the grid operator’s board acknowledged Texans’ suffering. ![]() Ben Torres for The Texas Tribune Power lines in Dallas during last week’s winter storm. ![]()
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