Texas decided that the private board running the disastrous electrical supply grid in Texas cannot be sued for injuries caused by failure of their system, because they “provide an essential government service."
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Texas is requiring zero accountability from the inaptly named “Electric Reliability Council of Texas.” It was created to deny the federal government from having any oversight or authority in Texas’ electricity delivery, and has now been placed under an umbrella of protection from lawsuits that is usually reserved for government agencies because there are other mechanisms for accountability- elections, direct control and oversight by elected officials and bodies created by those officials… but not for ERCOT! This private body seemingly has nobody to answer to except themselves, and that can only make the lives of the Texans who rely on them more costly and dangerous.
I hope some enterprising Texans find a way to use this decision to force the state of Texas to take an overt role in managing their electrical grid, at least that might force this important issue onto the front pages of Texas news, and give the voters of Texas some people to really hold accountable for the massive costs and failures they have to endure much too frequently.