{"id":1549367,"date":"2022-07-11T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T23:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549367"},"modified":"2022-07-11T19:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T23:34:47","slug":"political-battle-for-texas-heating-up-with-soaring-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-battle-for-texas-heating-up-with-soaring-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Battle for Texas Heating Up With Soaring Temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitical-battle-for-texas-heating-up-with-soaring-temperatures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549367&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-green-energy\">green energy<\/a>, but that didn\u2019t stop him from attacking Gov. Greg Abbott over potential blackouts tied to the state\u2019s reliance on wind power.<\/p>\n<p>With temperatures forecast to be well over 100 degrees in Texas on July 11, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a conservation appeal to the public.<\/p>\n<p>ERCOT, which is in charge of the\u00a0Texas electrical grid, asked residents and businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity on July 11 between 2-8 p.m., when a reserve capacity shortage was predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Wind turbines were projected to produce less than 10 percent of their capacity, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>The decrease in wind production combined with extreme heat and record demand prompted the call for Texans to cut back on electricity use. The agency stated that no widespread outages were expected.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/03\/biden-and-orourke-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks after former Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke (D-Texas) endorsed him at a campaign rally in Dallas on March 2, 2020. (Richard Rodriguez\/AP Photo) <\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke, who has vowed to fight climate change by working to remove all emissions from the oil and gas industry, wasted no time in blaming Abbott for the strain on the Texas electrical grid, which is unique in its independence from the rest of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t rely on the grid when it\u2019s hot. We can\u2019t rely on the grid when it\u2019s cold,\u201d O\u2019Rourke posted on Twitter. \u201cWe can\u2019t rely on Greg Abbott. It\u2019s time to vote him out and fix the grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>However, he supports oil and gas production in Texas along with its jobs. He has vowed to protect the industry from federal government climate overreach.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rouke supports the Texas Climate Jobs Project, which is akin to the Green New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke supports green energy, but that didn\u2019t stop him from attacking Gov. Greg Abbott over potential blackouts tied to the state\u2019s reliance on wind power. 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