ERCOT REFUSING TO SAY WHEN OPERATIONS RETURN TO NORMAL

  

Officials with ERCOT, the operators of the state electrical grid, are refusing to say when they expect operations to return to normal.

Over three-million Texas customers remain without power, as the state's electric grid operator struggles to bring back online plants crippled by an unusual winter storm.

Tuesday afternoon, Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said that with the weather moderating even a little bit, they hope to see an additional restoration of service" as more generators come online and power demand declines.

However, he declined to give a prediction of when service might be fully restored.

Tuesday evening Gov. Greg Abbott was laying blame with the grid operator, calling it “…a total failure by ERCOT.”  Abbott added, “These are specialists, and government has to rely upon on these specialists to be able to deliver in these types of situations."

The Public Utility Commission of Texas introduced an order that would adjust energy prices. The order said, "Energy prices should reflect scarcity of the supply."

The order also stated that ERCOT should correct any past prices to reflect the current shortage of energy.