Texas PUC details probe topics to ensure February energy crisis ‘never happens again’

Author: Mark Watson

Houston — Texas regulatory staff on March 12 described investigations to ensure the massive blackouts resulting from the Feb. 14 winter storm do not recur, plus a request for proposal for a firm to conduct a forensic audit of how the Electric Reliability Council of Texas handled the event.

During a Public Utility Commission meeting presided over by its sole remaining member, Chairman Arthur D’Andrea, PUC Deputy Executive Director Connie Corona said the staff has established seven different topics of enquiry in hopes of “making sure this never happens again.”

The topics are: …