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More must be done to require natural gas pipelines and power plants to better protect themselves against cold weather, FERC said in a new report late last week.
Staff at the commission detailed how more than 1,700 power generation units had to shut down or reduce power due to cold weather during last year's Winter Storm Elliott, which caused power outages along the East Coast, reporter James Osborne wrote. More than 800 of them were natural gas plants.
The report Thursday followed similar recommendations by FERC in the aftermath of 2021's Winter Storm Uri, which caused millions of Texans to lose power for days and left more than 240 dead.
"This is fifth time in 11 years where we had significant generator losses due to cold weather," said FERC Chairman Willie Phillips, evoking the term "deja vu." "We need someone who is directly responsible for the reliability of our natural gas system."
 | Amanda Drane
Energy Reporter
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