Energy Means Excuse In Bullshit

Now it is the electric companies turn to spoon it out about how it's not their fault.

(AP/Yahoo)As temperatures climbed into the upper 90s — and even to triple digits — thousands of Texans found themselves without power as energy companies heeded an emergency call from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which runs the state's electricity grid. Police rushed to intersections to direct traffic during the afternoon rush hour.

As much as 15 percent of the state's power supply was already off-line for seasonal maintenance to brace for the summer's energy usage peaks. Then four power-generating plants shut down unexpectedly amid the stifling heat, said ERCOT spokesman Paul Wattles.

Cutting it a little close on that maintenance. After all, it's not like you didn't have fall and winter to do the maintenance when the natural gas companies were fucking us!