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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) When it comes to statewide power outages, Texans are desperate for answers about when they can expect electricity once again, and how we can prevent this in the future.
ABC13 Data Analyst Keaton Fox has been communicating with his source from a power plant about the Texas power grid status.
As of 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, there were 2.5 million Texans without power, and according to Center Point Energy, about 1.3 million of those people were in the Houston area.
However, later in the morning, the statewide number increased again to 3.5 million. So what happened?
In a press release Wednesday, ERCOT said 46,000 MW of power went offline this morning. Of those, 28,000 MW are thermal, coming from coal, natural gas and nuclear, and 18,000 MW come from wind and solar.
Houstonians without power who are wondering how many of their friends and neighbors are in the same boat now have an idea. Some 1.39 million are without elec
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