Rep. Casar Grid Proposal Could Have Prevented Most of Winter Storm Uri Grid Collapse, Says MIT Study
June 04, 2024
June 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release:
Today, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate Policy Center published a research brief demonstrating that Congressman Greg Casar's (D-Texas) Connect the Grid Act could have prevented almost all of the blackouts ordered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) during Winter Storm Uri.
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E&E News: Blackouts could be slashed if . . .
Today, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate Policy Center published a research brief demonstrating that Congressman Greg Casar's (D-Texas) Connect the Grid Act could have prevented almost all of the blackouts ordered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) during Winter Storm Uri.
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E&E News: Blackouts could be slashed if . . .