Houston Mayor Sylvester TurnerSylvester TurnerSunday shows preview: CDC school reunion lead to debate; Texas’ battles in the winter freeze the mural in honor of George Floyd unveiled outside his high school alma mater in Houston Houston will send residents checks of up to 200 for pandemic relief MORE (D) said Sunday he does not believe a visit to Texas by President Biden
Joe Biden Nearly 70 deaths in countries with severe winter weather: report Two more deaths confirmed in Louisiana were linked to serious winter weather lawyer filing lawsuit to reverse election results in 2020, referred by judge for discipline would be a ‘distraction’ after the winter storms destroyed the state’s energy network.
‘We will certainly welcome him and he will not be a distraction, [nor] a burden, “Turner said on CBS ‘Face the Nation on Sunday.
The mayor told Margaret Brennan, CBS, that the largest areas in the city involve repairing plumbing infrastructure affected by the winter weather.
‘With so many homes across the city that have pipes bursting due to the icy weather, and major leaks, major water damage, we currently need a lot of plumbing materials and supplies. “We have a number of licensors who are licensed, but can use even more,” he said.
NEWS: @SylvesterTurner, Mayor of Houston – an energy mecca and the 4th largest city in the country – tells @margbrennan “We need to open up our Texas network,” so that it can obtain energy from generators outside the state. Says the state should pay for residents’ “excessive” bills pic.twitter.com/pBZvM5IMOW
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Turner blamed the state’s independent energy network, which was not overwintered under such conditions, for much of the fallout.
“Everything that has happened in the past week has been foreseeable and preventable,” Turner said, noting that a decade ago he filed a failed bill as a state legislature in which he required the state agency to secure adequate reserves.
“Our system in Texas is primarily designed for the summer heat and not necessarily a winter event. The reality is that climate change is real and that these major storms can occur at any time,” he said. ‘The system needs to be defended, we need to maintain adequate reserves and open up our Texas network. At the moment we have a closed network; we can get no generation from outside the state because of our system. ‘