Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway

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In the days leading up to the power outages, Walker and the governor’s office spoke 31 more times. After the blackouts, Abbott appeared on Fox News to falsely assert that wind turbines were the driving force behind the outages.

Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway
Official's phone logs offer blow-by-blow account of the disaster as it unfolded.
arstechnica.com
10:10 AM · May 21, 2021

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/texas-gov-knew-of-natural-gas-shortages-days-before-blackout-blamed-wind-anyway/

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office knew of looming natural gas shortages on February 10, days before a deep freeze plunged much of the state into blackouts, according to documents obtained by E&E News and reviewed by Ars.

Abbott’s office first learned of the likely shortfall in a phone call from then-chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas DeAnne Walker. In the days leading up to the power outages that began on February 15, Walker and the governor’s office spoke 31 more times.

Walker also spoke with regulators, politicians, and utilities dozens of times about the gas curtailments that threatened the state’s electrical grid. The PUC chair’s diary for the days before the outage shows her schedule dominated by concerns over gas curtailments and the impact they would have on electricity generation. Before and during the disaster, she was on more than 100 phone calls with various agencies and utilities regarding gas shortages.

After the blackouts began, Abbott appeared on Fox News to falsely assert that wind turbines were the driving force behind the outages.

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[RANDYWILDMAN]

1. What a weak man

Sounds like a typical R acts like a typical R, he is a typical R. It's always someone else's fault and if he could pin it on the democrats he would.

[Comfortably_Numb]

2. Greg Abbott sux. Full stop.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. To be expected when your base, aka Cult45, is made up of derelicts and snowflakes who just want to

hear bullshit from their heroes, and their media sources, that confirms their biases ... facts and reality be damned, these people have no use for those concepts.