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Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left state’s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
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Powerline infrastructure in San Marcos on Feb. 16, 2021. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on my snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that generate power and a history of isolating Texas from federal oversight help explain the crisis, energy and policy experts told The Texas Tribune.
While Texas Republicans were quick to pounce on renewable energy and to blame frozen wind turbines, the natural gas, nuclear and coal plants that provide most of the state’s energy also struggled to operate during the storm. Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the energy grid operator for most of the state, said that the state’s power system was simply no match for the deep fre
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
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Posted at 9:25 PM, Feb 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-17 22:25:38-05
Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that generate power and a history of isolating Texas from federal oversight help explain the crisis, energy and policy experts told The Texas Tribune.
While Texas Republicans were quick to pounce on renewable energy and to blame frozen wind turbines, the natural gas, nuclear and coal plants that provide most of the stateâs energy also struggled to operate during the storm. Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the energy grid operator for most of the state, said that the stateâs power system was simply no match for the deep freeze.