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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday called for Texas to weatherize its grid and said the state should consider connecting to grids beyond its borders following last month's winter storm that left mi

This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability....

WINTER WEATHER CRIPPLES TEXAS A large winter system blew through Texas this week dropping 6-8 inches of snow and ice in parts of the state and leaving millions without power for days at a time. Freezing temperatures coupled with water and snow on the roads lead to iced out conditions, impassable roads, and multiple, lasting road closures. These conditions led to a shutdown of most businesses, including the state legislature which cancelled all of the scheduled hearings this week. Those hearings...

Texas freeze – Rich get richer, workers suffer By Mirinda Crissman posted on February 23, 2021 Houston An unprecedented winter storm hit Texas Feb. 15, bringing subfreezing temperatures. One week later, huge sections of the population are still without power, heat and/or water. Houston skyline glows, while millions suffer subfreezing temperatures without heat or water amidst preventable power outages, Feb. 15 Across major cities — such as Houston, Austin and San Antonio — empty corporat...

Lone Star Grid The Arctic blast that shut down power to millions of Texas households last week has brought renewed attention to the isolated Texas power grid that prevented the operator from importing out-of-state electricity. February 24, 2021, 10am PST | Irvin Dawid Share There are three power grids in the lower 48 states: the Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection, and the Texas Interconnection. Kate Galbraith, the former energy and environment reporter for The Texas ...

Alerts Customers use the light from a cell phone to look in the meat section of a grocery store in Dallas last week. Photo: LM Otero (AP) Right now, Texas is in the balmy mid-50s. Yet just a week ago, it was colder than Alaska, and we all know what happened next. Much of the state’s energy capacity got knocked offline, leaving millions of people without power, heat, and water for days. Advertisement The extreme weather itself was an anomaly, caused by a particularly nasty blast of chilly Arct...

The problems in Texas this week were not the state’s current mix of energy resources, but that fact the state’s energy resources were not prepared to perform in the low temperatures seen. Americans must be willing to plan and invest to better confront such crises in the future.

Could an electrical grid failure happen in Ohio? Could an electrical grid failure happen in Ohio? and last updated 2021-02-20 23:18:51-05 Freezing cold weather has been wreaking havoc in Texas. Cold temperatures crippled their electrical grid, leaving millions of people without power for multiple days and causing pipes to freeze and burst, flooding homes. So the question is, are Ohioans protected from a similar crisis happening here? Grant Goodrich, the executive director of the Great Lakes Ene...

The Texas power outage, which has left millions without power, happened for a multitude of reasons. But it’s important to understand how those causes are connected, because they’ll continue to be relevant as the state experiences more extreme weather events. It all starts with the winter storm that began on 13 February, which brought some of the coldest weather the state has experienced since 1989. Normally the power grid can meet the energy...

The only thing major blackouts have in common is that customers suffer. Author: Betsy Kling Updated: 10:57 PM EST February 19, 2021 CLEVELAND — Funny thing about electricity: We all need it, but nobody understands it. Nearly every facet of our life relies upon power that we as consumer have no control over. Moving at about 1,000 miles per second, electricity moves from power plants through high voltage transmission lines that feed a network of stations that the...