Beto O'Rourke mocks Greg Abbott over power outage record
has criticized Republican Governor Gregg Abbott after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas once again requested that people cut down on their energy use on Monday.
As part of its appeal for Texans to conserve power, ERCOT has suggested that people turn up their thermostat a degree or two and avoid running major appliances or pool pumps during afternoon peak hours on Monday. In another tweet, O'Rourke attacked the grid failure under Abbott's watch during a major winter storm in February 2021, leaving millions without power and resulting in the estimated"Remember Abbott's grid failure that left millions without power and caused hundreds of our fellow Texans to lose their lives? After that crisis, Abbott took millions in campaign checks from energy CEOs that he allowed to profit off it.
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