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The Texas grid operator found that under most weather conditions, there is a less than 2% chance of a grid emergency through February. However, Texas could be in trouble in the unlikely event that a ...

Texas has had issues in the past with the weather. The most recent one that people can remember is Winter Storm Uri, which occurred in 2021. This storm scared many Texans and put a spotlight on the ...

The devastating impact of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 fundamentally transformed how the electric power industry approaches cold weather preparedness, exposing critical Bulk Electric System ...

Are U.S. power generation owner-operators getting better at winterization and freeze protection? According to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the answer is yes, and not by a small margin ...

Years of underinvestment, fragmented oversight, and poor coordination have weakened U.S. energy infrastructure, leaving states vulnerable during severe weather. Explosive growth in data ...

The federal government reimbursed the city of Austin $34.7 million for disaster-related expenses tied to COVID-19, winter storms Uri and Mara, and the 2015 floods.

The energy infrastructure in the United States has failed repeatedly in instances of severe weather, due to years of underinvestment and the failure of utilities to work together to strengthen larger ...