Grid failure developments

This was a week of fallout from the power outages that affected more than 4 million Texans during the deadly winter storm.

MONDAY

• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for the resignations of the head of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and the chair of the Public Utility Commission, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a lawsuit against Griddy, alleging the retail power company used deceptive practices to mislead customers.

• ERCOT acknowledges it is short some $1.6 billion needed to pay generators after the storm.

• PUC Chair DeAnn Walker resigns.

TUESDAY

• Abbott travels to Lubbock to announce he will rescind COVID-19 restrictions, including business capacity limits and the mask mandate.

WEDNESDAY

• Abbott names Arthur D’Andrea as the new chair of the PUC.

• Congressional Democrats launch an investigation into ERCOT’s failures during the storm.

• ERCOT’s board fires CEO Bill Magness.

THURSDAY

• The state’s independent market monitor estimates that ERCOT left sky-high emergenSWcy power prices in place for two days too long, overcharging the state’s electricity market by $16 billion.

FRIDAY

• Abbott travels to Tyler to champion a bill that would prevent social media companies from banning users because of their political views.

• D’Andrea says the state will not fix ERCOT’s $16 billion mistake.