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Majority Disapprove of Gov. Abbott’s ERCOT Work, Results In Most Issues Along Partisan Lines: UT Poll

July 11, 2022 — There is majority disapproval of Gov. Greg Abbott‘s job in relation to ERCOT, but views of the governor appear to break along strongly partisan lines, according to a June UT Texas Politics Project poll.

Eighty-three percent of Democrats either strongly or somewhat disapprove, while only 26% of Republicans strongly or somewhat disapprove vs 51% of Independents.

And 46% of Republicans either strongly or somewhat approve vs 8% of Democrats and 13% of Independents

Across issues, an overwhelming majority of Republicans approve of Mr. Abbott’s handling of immigration, Covid-19, crime, the economy, guns and other subjects, while Democrats don’t give above 10% approval on any one issue.

Gov. Abbott’s overall favorability is split at 44%

Margin of error is +/- 2,89%
 

ERCOT Calls for Energy Conservation Monday

July 10, 2022 — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is projecting that demand for electricity could outpace supply on Monday afternoon and is calling for energy conservation between 2 pm and 8 pm.

There has been some loss of generation, wind power is expected to fall below normal expectations and very high temperatures will possibly result in a shortfall, the grid operator for most of Texas said in a statement on Sunday.