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Four board members of Texas grid operator RESIGN over blackouts during deadly winter storm
4 days ago | By RT
The Texas electric utility is shedding board members ahead of the state probe into the blackouts that left more than four million people without power during a severe winter storm, which claimed an estimated 80 lives and counting.
Chairwoman Sally Talberg, vice chair Peter Cramton, finance and audit chair Terry Bulger and human resources and governance chair Raymond Hepper have tendered their resignations to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas , effective Wednesday.
They did so “to allow state leaders a free hand with future direction and to eliminate distractions,” according to the...
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Texas power grid board members resign after winter storm chaos
4 days ago | By New York Post
Four board members of Texas' power grid operator announced Tuesday they will be resigning - a week after millions of residents experienced blackouts during a historic winter storm that brought record freezing temperatures. Sally Talberg, the chairwoman of the board at Electric Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT, vice chairman Peter Cramton, Terry Bulger, the...
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Five Texas Grid Board Members Resign In Wake Of Power Catastrophe
4 days ago | By Forbes
The chairman and four directors of ERCOT, the agency that runs Texas' electricity grid, have resigned after the grid failed catastrophically during a cold snap that swept through the state and left millions without power for days last week, according to a filing.
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