Texas Power Outages

• Texas power grid operator fires CEO amid fallout from winter blackouts

  Bill Magness' departure followed fierce criticism by state lawmakers of the handling of the crisis by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

  World

  Mar 4, 2021
  
• Over 1.3 million Texans still facing water issues as power grid operator faces probe

  Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged on Wednesday to overhaul the state's electric grid operator after a massive blackout left residents without heat, power or water for days.

  World

  Feb 25, 2021
  
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• Board leaders resign from Texas power grid operator in wake of storm outage crisis

  All of the five board directors who are stepping down live outside of Texas, which only intensified criticism of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

  World

  Feb 24, 2021
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• Nearly 8 million people in Texas still facing water issues after deep freeze

  Millions of Texans were advised to boil water before using it, though all power plants were back online over the weekend and power had been restored to most homes.

  World

  Feb 23, 2021
• ‘Emergency’: How a winter storm and power outages plunged Texas into crisis

  The state's Republican leadership was blamed for ignoring extreme weather warnings and for not providing local officials with enough information to protect residents now.

  Environment

  Feb 21, 2021
• Texas power outages, freezing temperatures spark fresh climate change falsehoods

  Texans are acknowledging a familiar dynamic that dates back to the environmental movement's earliest days: people don't think about pollution when they're just trying to survive.

  World

  Feb 20, 2021
• Texas faces water shortage after extreme winter weather wreaks havoc

  The extreme weather has been blamed for the deaths of more than three dozen people, some of whom perished while struggling to keep warm.

  Weather

  Feb 18, 2021