Rolling blackouts hit Austin
4/17/2006 5:20 PM
By: News 8 Austin Staff
Record spring heat has created an emergency situation for the state's power grid and led to some rolling blackouts in Austin.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking electricity customers to cut usage to a minimum. That means keeping the thermostat set at 78 or [...]
Eeep.
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Public Servants
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You know, when my parents wrote letters to their congressmen and senators, they got back replies that indicated their letter was actually read.
Now? I get a reply that goes something like this:
Dear , Thank you for contacting me regarding [insert topic here].
[insert paragraph about topic, with no apparent acknowledgment of my concerns and [...]
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