02-21-2021, 11:14 PM
‘ The Dallas congressman made the statement on Saturday after speaking with Curt Morgan, CEO of Irving-based Vistra Corp. It owns and operates the Luminant energy company.
Allred said Vistra, which was prepared for the severe winter weather, drastically increased its output to make up for those power generators who went down in the storm.
“They told me their team began to sound alarms on Feb. 9 when their meteorologist saw freezing temperatures in the forecast, knowing Texas’ infrastructure was not built for much less than 10 degrees. They alerted ERCOT immediately, as well as the Texas Railroad Commission and other state government officials,” Allred said.
“By their account, no one seemed to react with the haste and urgency they believed necessary, and they emphasized that ERCOT’s projections of the power supply were far below the demand they were seeing."
The congressman now questions whether ERCOT, an independent 501©4 corporation, state officials and other power generators took the severity of the forecasts seriously.
“We knew this storm was coming well enough in advance to take commonsense actions, like the ones Vistra did, to salvage as much power as possible” ‘
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Allred said Vistra, which was prepared for the severe winter weather, drastically increased its output to make up for those power generators who went down in the storm.
“They told me their team began to sound alarms on Feb. 9 when their meteorologist saw freezing temperatures in the forecast, knowing Texas’ infrastructure was not built for much less than 10 degrees. They alerted ERCOT immediately, as well as the Texas Railroad Commission and other state government officials,” Allred said.
“By their account, no one seemed to react with the haste and urgency they believed necessary, and they emphasized that ERCOT’s projections of the power supply were far below the demand they were seeing."
The congressman now questions whether ERCOT, an independent 501©4 corporation, state officials and other power generators took the severity of the forecasts seriously.
“We knew this storm was coming well enough in advance to take commonsense actions, like the ones Vistra did, to salvage as much power as possible” ‘
https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article/news/po...81a775a958