Texas power outages stretch into third day as millions face freezing conditions
February 17, 2021 / 1:08 PM
/ CBS/AP
Anger over Texas' power outages in the face of a record winter freeze continued to mount Wednesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering. There were still no assurances that their electricity and heat — out since Monday in many homes — would return soon or stay on once it finally does.
"I know people are angry and frustrated," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Tuesday. "So am I."
In all, nearly 3 million customers in Texas still had no power Wednesday after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge in demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. A large swath of Texas was under yet another winter storm warning Wednesday.