AGO.
AGO. LIVE
AGO. LIVE WITH THE RECAP OF THAT
NEWS CONFERENCE.
NEWS CONFERENCE. >> AND INDEED.
A NUMBER OF OTHER STATE
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. AND JUST AS THE PICTURES YOU
JUST SHOWED THERE A MOMENT BAG.
WE GOT AN IDEA FROM THE
GOVERNOR T SCOPE OF THIS WINTER
EMERGENCY THAT WE ARE IN.
NOT JUST RIGHT HERE IN NORTH
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. I
TEXAS. I AM TALKING STATEWIDE.
IT IS MUCH BROADER THAN JUST
HECK ELECTRICITY AND WATER AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. LET'S HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. 1.2MILLION HOUSEHOLDS HAVE HAD
POWER RESTORED ALREADY.
AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT GOOD
NEWS FOR+@ THOSE OF YOU STILL
SITTING IN THE DARK OR THE
COLD, BUT PROGRESS IS BEING
MADE.
MADE.
MADE. HERE IS SOM+@ETHING ELSE
ENCOURAGING ESPECIALLY FOR A
LOT OF FOLKS IN SOUTH TEXAS.
THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT.
THIS IS SOUTH OF HOUSTON.
JUST DUE SOUTH IN BAY CITY,
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. IT
TEXAS. IT +@IS GOING TO START GENERATI
MORE POWER.
MORE POWER. THE OPERATORS HAVE STARTED TO
RESTART.
RESTART.
RESTART. THEY ARE LOOKING TO RECONNECT
NOW TO THE G+@RID.
THEY CAN GET A LOT OF POWER
BACK ON TO THE GRID AS WELL.
AND NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES. +@
HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THA+@T A
FEW OF US WANT TO EVEN IMAGINE
AT THIS POINT.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED AN ORDER
REQUIRING ALL THE NATURAL GAS
PRODUCED IN TEXAS AND REFINED
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS. IT MUST REMAIN IN TEXAS RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE WE SHIP A LOT OF IT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. THAT
OUT. THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN THIS
ENERGY STATE HERE.
+@ BUT IT HAHS TO REMAIN HERE.
+@
BUT IT HAHS TO REMAIN HERE. ANOTHER STAGGERING STATISTIC.
7MILLION TEXANS RIGHT NOW
ACROSS THE STATE ARE UNDER A
BOIL WATER NOTICE+@.
AND A FASCINATING THING ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THERE
WITH THE GOVERNOR.
SO MANY OF US ARE DRIPPING OUR
FAUCETS RIGHT NOW.
THE TCEQ SAYS THAT THE STATE
SAW PEAK WATER USAGE THAT IS
SIMILAR TO SUMMER DEMAND
BECAUSE DRIPPING PIPES TO KEEP
THEM FROM FREEZING.
AND THERE WAS ONE COMMENT THE
GOVERNOR MADE.
GOVERNOR MADE. I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS.
ONE COMMENT HE M+@ADE THAT IS
REALLY HARD TO IMAGINE, BUT HE
PUT IT IN WORDS.
>> EVERY SOURCE OF POWER THAT
THE STATE OF TEXAS+@ HAS HAS BE
COMPROMISED.
COMPROMISED. WHETHER IT BE RENEWABLE POWER
SUCH AS WIND OR SOLAR.
ALSO A+@S I MENTIONED TODAY,
ACCESS TO COAL-GENERATED POWER.
ACCESS TO +@GAS-GENERATED POWER
ALSO HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED
WHETHER IT BE WITH REGARD TO
SYSTE+@MS FREEZING UP OR
EQUIPMENT FAILURES.
EQUIPMENT FAILURES. AS WELL AS OUR NUCLEAR POWER
FACILITY.
FACILITY.
FACILITY. >> UNBELIEVABLE.
>> UNBELIEVABLE. >> EVERY SOURCE OF POWER IN
THIS STA+@TE.
THIS STA+@TE. THE LARGEST ENERGY-PRODUCING
STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. EVERY SOURCE OF POWER HAS BEEN
COMPROMISED IS WHAT THE
GOVERNOR TOLD US EARLIER TODAY.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT
HERE, CYNTHIA AND CHRIS.
+@ ONE IS WE GOT WORD THIS
+@
ONE IS WE GOT WORD THIS AF+@TERNOON FROM THE CORPORATIO
WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPAN+@Y O
LUMINA.
LUMINA.
LUMINA. A
LUMINA. A BIG POWER-PRODUCING COMPANY
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS. IT IS BASED IN IRVING.
RULE INNOCENT, THE PARENT
COMPANY, RATHER, SENT OUT
INFORMATION SAYING THAT
NORMALLY, IT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE
ABOUT 18% OF THE SHARE OF POWER
TO THE TEXAS POWER GRID.
THAT IS HOW MUCH IT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR BUT BECAUSE SO
MANY OTHER COMPETITORS WENT
DOWN, THE FACILITIES WERE ABLE
TO RAMP THAT UP AND PROVIDE BY
THE THIRD OF THE TOTAL POWER
THAT WAS USED IN TENSION TEX
THE PAST 48 HOURS ON MONDAY AND
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. THEY HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED THEIR
NUMBER THERE.
NUMBER THERE. A COUPLE OF LAST THINGS.
I WALT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR
ESPECIALLY ABOUT NATURAL GAS.
SHE SAYS WE ARE BEGINNING TO
UNFREEZE IN THE WESTERN PARTS
OF THE STATE.
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE BASIN
OUT THERE WHERE SO MUCH OF THE
FRACKING GOES ON AND IF THEY
ARE UNFREEZING OUT THERE, THE
RIG SIDES AND THE PRODUCTION
PLANTS.
PLANTS.
PLANTS. THAT MEANS THEY ARE ABLE TO GET
MORE NATURAL +@GAS OUT.
THE GROUND IS NOT FREEZING ON
THE WAY OUT, AND THEY ARE ABLE
TO PUT IN THE PIPELINES
HOPEFULLY AND GET THAT TO
REFEIGN FINERIES AND GET THAT
OUT TO OUR HOMES AND
POWERPLANTS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. IT
THAT. IT IS KIND OF A MIXED BAG.
WE HEARD IN THE GOVERNOR TODAY
+@
+@ AND
+@ AND OTHER STA+@TE OFFICIALS+@,
CER+@TAINLY IT IS AN UPDATE SO
MANY OF US WERE WAITING FOR.
>> GOING BACK TO SYSTEMS
FREEZING UP AND POWER FAILURES,
WHY HASN'T THE +@GOVERNMENT
UTILITY REQUIRED POWER PLANTS
TO MINIMIZE THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
>> AND BACK IN THE 1980s.
SO THE WAY THAT THE CHAIN WORKS
IS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, AND +@
UNDERNEATH THE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE, THE PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION OF TEXAS WHICH YOU
ARE ASKING ABOUT AND SO
+@
ARE ASKING ABOUT AND SO +@HONESTLY, THAT QUESTION
PROBABLY SHOULD BE POSTED TO
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE. NOT NECESSARILY THE PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION.
UTILITY COMMISSION. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL
ALONG THAT ON THE FEDERAL
LEVEL, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE BEST PRACTICES FOR
WINTERIZING.