Officials to resign from Texas power grid operator after outages

Texas governor welcomes resignations, saying ERCOT’s ‘lack of preparedness and transparency’ is unacceptable.

Officials at the Texas power grid operator responsible for providing electricity to more than 26 million people across the US state are stepping down, after a winter storm cut millions off from electricity and water and led to dozens of deaths. Four board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) are resigning, effective on Wednesday, a day before Texas lawmakers are set to begin hearings over the massive power failure. All of the resigning board members, including the chairwoman, live outside of Texas – a fact that spurred even greater criticism of the operator.