Coleman remembers these hearings got super heated, like lots of emotions involved. As the hearings opened, there was an awful lot of name calling by the attorneys. These are the people that Holman refers to as isolationists. The other power utilities and state regulators were fighting for Texas independence.
Texas's energy grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the U.S. That led to disastrous consequences last year when the state's grid was overloaded during a winter storm. Back in the 1970s, one company attempted to change the system in a secret, middle-of-the-night operation.
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