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Aug 22, 2011
The head of the Texas Public Utility Commission expressed concern Friday that a new federal air quality rule, set to take effect Jan. 1, will cause disruptions in electric service.
If implementation of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule is not delayed, “I have no doubt in my mind that this rule will result in reliability issues and rolling outages in Texas,” Donna Nelson said at the start of the commission’s meeting.
The rule, issued in early July by the Environmental Protection Agency, would require substantial reductions in emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide at power plants in 27 states.
The EPA says the rule will save and prolong lives by reducing harmful smog and soot pollution. Gina McCarthy, an EPA assistant administrator, said
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Oh, the head of the Texas Public Utilities Commission says that.
During the so called California Energy Crisis, caused by artificially created shortages, the Texas Public Utilities Commission acted like it had been captured by the electrical generation industry.
I’m sure that’s not the case anymore.
So much has changed since then, right?
I was in California at the time of the great electricity shortage. Californians genuinely believed that there was real shortage and were doing everything they could to reduce consumption – switching off air conditioners, using low energy light bulbs.
All so Enron could lock them into a $40 billion, 30 year electricity contract.