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Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Snow blankets Houston. Photo credit: Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via AP
The Houston skyline is seen early yesterday morning after a snowstorm. Parts of Texas experienced record-breaking low temperatures early this week, causing a surge in energy demand that led to blackouts. Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via AP
Bitterly cold temperatures and icy conditions left millions of people across Texas and several other states without power yesterday as grid operators took unprecedented steps to protect the electric system from a wider failure.
More than 4 million Texas homes and businesses lacked electricity as of early this morning, according to PowerOutage.US, and President Biden declared a state of emergency in the state over the weekend.
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ALL ABOUT TEXAS: Texas touts itself as having the most competitive electricity market in the world, a characteristic that has allowed it to become one of the top producers of renewable energy, particularly wind power, without mandates or other incentives.
The state is the only one in the Lower 48 with its own power grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and that independence has simplified the regulatory process and allowed for success in
More solar power was generated in Texas last month than in all of 2015
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Adkins, Texas July 11, 2016 Merced Reyna prepares to install wiring at a shared roofless solar facility for CPS Energy customers. Ray Whitehouse / for the San Antonio Express-NewsRay Whitehouse, Photographer / for the San Antonio Express-NewShow MoreShow Less
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Solar panels at a CPS Energy facility on West Commerce Street are shown in 2019. In its resource plan released last week, the utility said it expects to grow solar capacity from 550 megawatt-hours to more than 1,100 by 2030.Billy Calzada /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Solar farms keep cropping up around Texas, and the state now produces as much solar power in one month as it did in all of 2015.