Last year KUT produced a podcast, “The Disconnect,” chronicling the February 2021 Texas freeze and blackout. KUT has now produced Part 2: “https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1004840920/the-disconnect-power-politics-and-the-texas-blackout”>The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout,” explaining what has happened since–what has been fixed, the cost in electric bills, and the aftermath–hosted by KUT reporter https://www.kut.org/people/mose-buchele”>Mose Buchele. An excellent look at what the legislature, regulators, gas producers and generators have and have not done to prevent future system failures.
Yesterday the https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/30/texas-power-grid-natural-gas-weatherization-rules/”>Texas Railroad Commission approved new regulations requiring well, gas plant and pipeline operators to winterize their facilities. Critics are skeptical they will do the job.
https://www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com/the-disconnect-part-2/”>