Blackouts triggered by frigid weather have spread to more than four million homes and businesses across the central U.S. and extended into Mexico in a deepening energy crisis that’s already crippled the Texas power grid.
The unprecedented Arctic freeze chilling Texas is roiling energy markets, sending spot prices of electricity soaring and freezing wind turbines to cut off.
The energy crisis crippling power grids across the U.S. showed no sign of abating on Tuesday morning as blackouts left almost 5 million customers without electricity during unprecedented cold weather.
(Bloomberg) The arctic freeze gripping the central U.S. has triggered rolling blackouts in Texas and is ratcheting up pressure on energy prices already trading at unprecedented levels.The.
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Texas starts blackouts for first time in decade as big freeze hits
The extreme cold has caught the energy industry off guard and the system is failing to cope.PHOTO: NYTIMES
PublishedFeb 15, 2021, 8:28 pm SGT
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