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  1. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  2. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  3. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  4. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  5. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  6. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  7. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  8. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  9. Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when it’s the state’s powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their state’s ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, there’s a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didn’t bother to have gas reserves: It’s easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline. After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadn’t done it. It’s hard to believe they couldn’t afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019. As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice. The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didn’t want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits. So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members don’t even live in Texas. After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning. Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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  10. Donald “Jenius” Trump = Trump First always. Joe Biden = America First and Country over Party.
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