Five out-of-state board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the entity that maintains and operates much of the state’s electricity grid — will resign Wednesday, according to a notice filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
The resignations come as Texas still grapples with the aftermath of last week’s winter storm that, at its worst, left more than four million residents in the dark and bitter cold for days. The outages also stretched into northern Mexico.
Ratepayers and politicians alike have criticized ERCOT’s leadership for failing to prepare before the storm and for seating board members who don’t live in Texas. In the immediate days after the record cold temperatures, customers reported exorbitantly high electricity bills.
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