[sbe-eas] How Texas plans to communicate with you if another winter storm leaves us in the dark

[Ben Overbaugh]

Don't fix the problem, just come up with new rules to let people know the
system is broken again.

Ben Overbaugh, CBRE (He/Him)
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On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 9:34 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

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> https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article256686832.html
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> ERCOT, the state’s power grid operator, also has a new strategy for social
> media.
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> “ERCOT keeps its communication tool on the sideline in case of emergency,”
> Lake said. “They’re not tweeting about the weather. ... If you see a tweet
> from ERCOT, it’s serious. This is an emergency tool, communication tool.
> We will only use it in case of emergency.”
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> About one in five Americans are active on Twitter, according to the Pew
> Research Center.
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> Senate Bill 3, the state’s grid reform bill, establishes an emergency
> alert system for power outages similar to a Silver or Amber Alert.
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> A rule related to the system and when it would be activated is pending
> before the commission. Comments are due Jan. 11.
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> “It’s never going to be, kind of, fly by wire again,” Lake said. “So it’s
> an entirely new communication protocol.”
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