What went wrong with the Texas power grid?

Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by fuzzfactor on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:53PM (#26170007)

Forgot to mention the 27-story Houston Public Works building downtown which was built in the 1960's by HL&P still has the nicely air-conditioned parking garage.

No garage doors to keep the cold air in since it didn't really matter to the power company.

No mayor has ever wanted citizens to be very aware of that since the city took over the building in 1999.

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by fuzzfactor on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:54PM (#26172312)

Also HL&P changed to numerous versions of "Reliant" as it was heading toward "spinning off" Centerpoint:

>Reliant Energy Inc.--formerly Houston Industries Inc.--operates among the top five power and natural gas marketers in the United States. With over $32 billion in assets, the company serves nearly four million customers in the southern United States and Minnesota. After the Texas Electric Choice Act was passed in 1999, Reliant Energy rolled its non-regulated operations into Reliant Resources, a majority owned subsidiary with power plants it the United States as well as the Netherlands. Reliant Resources also markets and trades energy in Germany, the United Kingdom, and in the United States. Reliant Energy Communications, an Internet-related division, provides Texans with Internet, data, voice, and other telecommunications services.

https://investors.centerpointenergy.com/corporate-transactio...

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