The latest developments from the Texas winter storm

Five members of the Energy Reliability Council of Texas board resign. All lived out of state.

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/24/ercot-board-members-resign-texas-power-outages/4572169001/

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Griddy, an energy provider in Texas that sells plans based on the wholesale price of electricity. Those plans and other variable-rate plans sold in Texas led to exorbitant bills during the winter storm.

• https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/conroe-family-sues-texas-power-grid/
• http://www.energychoicematters.com/stories/20210223ad.html
• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Griddy-texas-electricity-retailer-power-market-15974433.php

Roots of massive outage stretch to 2014.

• https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/texas-power-grid-extreme-weather/

Warnings about grid problems were ignored.

• https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/texas-winter-storm-FEMA-federal-assistance-apply/

Did outages target less affluent areas?

• https://www.dallasnews.com/news/commentary/2021/02/23/its-about-much-more-than-who-had-power-in-the-storm-dallas-must-fix-long-standing-inequities/

Texas blackouts were worse than last summer’s rolling California blackouts for fires.

• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Texas-rolling-blackouts-worse-than-15969847.php

Texas grid should connect to other grids.

• https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/your-voice/2021/02/24/texas-grid-should-diversify-reduce-interdependence-gas/4548547001/

Gas prices in Houston could keep climbing.

• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Houston-area-gasoline-prices-could-keep-climbing-15971001.php

Greg Abbott will give a statewide speech at 6:02 Central to address the winter storm response.

• https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/24/greg-abbott-winter-storm-speech/