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Lawsuits allege deadly 2021 Texas blackouts were an inside job

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Lawsuits allege deadly 2021 Texas blackouts were an inside job

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U.S. News@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

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Correction: This story has been updated to accurately reflect the amount the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee required BP to pay after Hurricane Ike, as well as the source of the court ruling re…

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Seems doubtful that incompetence was an inside job - the Texas grid wasn’t (isn’t?) connected to either of the other national grid systems (notably, to avoid federal scrutiny) and was doomed to failure at some point.

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