ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texans. SAN ANTONIO – Top officials from ERCOT, the Texas council that regulates the electric grid, defended the decision to shed power and initiate rolling outages early Monday, claiming it prevented a possible indefinite blackout across the state. That decision left millions of Texans without power and persisted for a third day Wednesday, as outages remained prolonged in San Antonio and other parts of the state. 😷 (@Ron_Nirenberg) February 16, 2021Local and state officials have heaped much of the blame for the prolonged power outages on ERCOT. Magness conceded there was no clear timeline on when the power grid would return to normal and that the prolonged outages had to be maintained much longer than anyone would have wanted.