<div dir="ltr">Maybe Texas can learn from its Northern neighbors. <br><img src="cid:ii_kl8coiha0" alt="image.png" width="297" height="460"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:19 PM Robert Jacobs <<a href="mailto:rjacobs@pslightwave.com">rjacobs@pslightwave.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>How about letting us Texans have more natural gas power plants or even let the gas be delivered to the plants we have so they can provide more power in an emergency.  Did not help that 20% of our power is now wind which of course in an ice storm like we are having is shut off... Lots of issues and plenty of politics involved here.. <br><br><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:bottom"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:bottom"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;color:rgb(0,0,1);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="font-size:13.33px"><td align="left" style="vertical-align:bottom;font-size:0px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-size:13.33px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-align:left;line-height:21.33px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:18.67px"><td style="font-family:Arial">Robert Jacobs<span style="font-family:remialcxesans;font-size:1px;color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1px">​</span><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:middle;font-family:Arial"> | </td><td align="left" style="vertical-align:bottom;font-family:Arial">Data Center Manager</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:5px 0px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://www.pslightwave.com/" id="gmail-m_-376415890242524102LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.pslightwave.com/emailsig/plwlogo.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="font-size: 0px;"></a></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 42px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px;color:rgb(125,125,125);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="font-size:13.33px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial">Direct: </td><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Arial"><a href="tel:832-615-7742" id="gmail-m_-376415890242524102LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight:400">832-615-7742</strong></a></td></tr><tr style="font-size:13.33px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial">Mobile: </td><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Arial"><a href="tel:281-830-2092" id="gmail-m_-376415890242524102LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight:400">281-830-2092</strong></a></td></tr><tr style="font-size:13.33px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial">Main: </td><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Arial">832‑615‑8000</td></tr><tr style="font-size:13.33px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial">Fax: </td><td align="left" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Arial"><a id="gmail-m_-376415890242524102LPlnk689713" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,1)"><strong style="font-weight:400">713-510-1650</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:5px 0px;border-top:2px solid rgb(216,216,216);border-right:none;border-bottom:2px solid rgb(140,198,236);border-left:none;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:0px"><tbody><tr style="font-size:0px"><td align="left" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;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itter.com/PowerOutage_us/status/1361493394070118402" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/PowerOutage_us/status/1361493394070118402</a><br>><br>><br>> Sometimes infrastructure planning failures are not due to "natural <br>> hazards."<br><br>I suppose having some kind of home backup solution wouldn't be too bad right now, even though you may still not get access to services. But at least, you can brew some coffee, and charge your pulse oximetre.<br><br>Mark.<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div>