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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Anger over Texas power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted Tuesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat out for 36 hours or longer in many homes would return soon or stay on once it finally does. I know people are angry and frustrated, said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who woke up to more than 1 million people still without power in his city. So am I.
A notable image of downtown Houston s brightly lit skyline surrounded by homes and businesses plunged into blackness sparked outrage Monday night.
AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) Governor Greg Abbott says the massive outages leaving millions in the dark Monday were caused by private power companies that fell short, calling it the winter version of Hurricane Harvey. The people who have fallen short with regard to the power are the private power generation companies, Abbott said.
In a call with ABC13, Abbott expressed frustration that power generators hadn t done enough to ensure the flow of electricity would continue. There s a separate part of the system that is not working right now, and those are the private companies that generate the power that goes into ERCOT. And it s those private companies that generate power that are not working, Abbott said. They were working up until about midnight last night, but after midnight, some of them literally froze up, and were incapable of providing power, and some are still incapable of providing power.