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Requiring winterization for energy suppliers (both green and fossil!) seems like a pretty obvious regulation that would have helped.
by imadethis 6y ago
Requiring winterization for energy suppliers (both green and fossil!) seems like a pretty obvious regulation that would have helped.
- sjm-lbm 6y agoYeah, and people have already been calling for that to be regulated. If anything, people are openly calling for a specific type of regulation before the event itself has even stopped - which is probabally too soon, even if it does look like the lack of winterization might be the root cause of the issue.
- macNchz 6y agoYes from what I've read, there was a set of winterization recommendations made the last time this happened in 2011, but they weren't implemented...that seems like a pretty clear starting point for some regulation to me. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/texas-was-warned-a-decade-ago-its-grid-was-unprepared-for-cold https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/texas-was...