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Ice storm is 100% on ercot. This one is more of a tree / debris problem. And Harvey was rain. Those last 2 aren’t inherently anyone’s fault
I am frustrated at our leadership for not being open / available to federal funding constantly.
Interestingly, Jason Wells was the CFO of PG&E who burned down a million acres of forest in CA and was promtply bankrupt. He fled to TX and somehow became the CEO of CP 🫡
This guy has destroyed 2 cities and still gets paid $50M a year.
It seems like that having a generator and always preparing supplies for disaster are cost of living in Houston. Moved here 4 years ago and never saw this many power outages anywhere I ever lived
You guys know centerpoint makes money from selling gas generators and also sells the gas for it. This is my conspiracy. Be “incompetent” enough to incentivize more people to get generators and regardless of the shitty infrastructure investments they make, they still make money.
Not worth it to bury electric lines but gas lines already buried.
Just replacing wooden poles with the ones that flex like they did in Florida would help. Having a treetrimmung program that was more often than every 10 years would help. We have so many damn requirements for developers to plant trees, but no stipulation for size relative to proximity to power lines. Just do the low hanging fruit would improve things immensely. Over 18000 trees were removed from lines. CP thinks this stat shows how much work had to be done, instead it show how inept they were.
Agree with both of these posts. Fixes are definitely needed at the macro level. Even if it causes electric rates to go up, preventative maintenance is crucial. Much of the damage was caused by downed trees that were not maintained.
On the micro level, a generator is becoming essential. I grew up in Houston and lost power only a couple of times in 28 years, but then four times in the last three (including twice this year already for multiple days). Getting a full home generator as soon as I can save for it.
Harvey was made worse by the CoE releasing water and flooding neighborhoods needlessly. The county response under Ed Emmett was amazing. Compare that to Hildalgo, who repeatedly told the state, "Nope, we're good, don't need any help." Add to that not using funds to harden the infastructure like they did in Florida, expect things to get worse before they get better. Flood your elected officials ... both local and state... with complaints and don't let up. It's regulated, so they only care about the politicians, not the customers. And the politicians only care about getting elected.