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Anti Federalist
02-02-2011, 06:02 PM
Rolling blackouts across Texas are affecting hundreds of thousands of people.


Lawmakers Push For Change With Rolling Blackouts

By Stephen Dean

http://www.click2houston.com/news/26717798/detail.html

POSTED: Wednesday, February 2, 2011

HOUSTON -- Houston-area lawmakers said they were demanding answers from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) after rolling power blackouts left some 400,000 Texans in the dark for varying periods of time on Wednesday, Local 2 Investigates reported.

Texas recently lost a court ruling against EPA on GHG emissions.


Court Allows EPA to Proceed with GHG Regulation in Texas

http://www.powermag.com/POWERnews/3355.html

POWERnews
A federal court last week lifted an emergency stay that had prevented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proceeding with a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting of greenhouse gas sources in Texas while it considered legal challenges against the agency’s authority. The court’s decision means that EPA-issued regulations can curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other large stationary sources in that state

The first article points out that, while two power plants were off line due to frozen pipes (?) and low gas pressure, the grid was nowhere near designed maximum capacity.

Did EPA issue orders to reduce fuel consumption in an effort to reduce emissions, thereby lowering output across the board?