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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.
 

Update 9 pm Sunday: Reduced Evacuation Order In Place After Explosion, Fire at ONEOK Natgas Plant in Oklahoma That Feeds Mont Belvieu

July 9, 2022 — Evacuations are being urged for residents within a two-mile radius of a fire that followed an explosion at a ONEOK natural gas liquid fractionation plant near Medford, Oklahoma, about 100 north of Oklahoma City.

The plant feeds the 540-mile FERC-regulated natural gas liquids distribution pipeline, the Sterling III pipeline, from Medford to Mont Belvieu, near Houston.

The explosion is said to have registered a 1.7 on seismic monitors.

There are no injuries reported and all of the plant workers are accounted for, ONEOK said in a statement.

ONEOK was arranging temporary housing for evacuees at several hotels in nearby Enid, Oklahoma, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said.

The Medford plant is recipient of raw natural gas liquids from the ONEOK NGL Pipeline that gathers and transport NGLs.