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Gov. Greg Abbott wants power companies to “winterize.” Texas’ track record won’t make that easy. David J. Phillip/AP Power lines are shown Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the states power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Philli...

Winterize. That’s the directive Gov. Greg Abbott gave to power companies and lawmakers Thursday when he called for a law and funding to better prepare Texas’ essential power infrastructure for

We’re tracking the fallout from the massive winter storm in Texas, which has brought widespread power outages and transportation problems.

<figcaption> Volunteers distribute boxes of food at a distribution site in Austin on Friday. <cite>Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune</cite> </figcaption>

Water service in Houston continues to improve, mayor still urges conservation after winter storm crisis KTRK Replay Video UP NEXT While water supply conditions are improving, a boil order remains in effect for the city of Houston and city leaders want you to keep conserving. Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday that water pressure would be improving for homes, though it wasnt yet clear when the boil order would be lifted. Water samples were expected to be sent to a lab Saturday...

Texas tells power plants to be winter-ready. But how to prepare is up to them. Lack of winterization standards lets power generators decide for themselves how to best prepare for deep freezes. Large electrical transmission lines are pictured in a new housing development in South Arlington, Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Rolling power outages have disrupted service to customers following this weeks snow storm and deep freeze. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) But ...

Abbott wants power companies to "winterize." Texas track record wont make that easy. Abbott wants power companies to "winterize." Texas track record wont make that easy. Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Feb. 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Winterize. That’s the directive Gov. Greg Abbott gave to power companies and lawmakers Thursday when he called for a law and funding to better prepare Texas’ essential power infrastructure for the kind of extreme winter weather that created multiple crises t...

Ken Lay, the former CEO of the energy and utility company Enron, was fond of writing letters to his friend George on stationery bearing his company’s famous crooked E. Crossing out the “Dear Governor Bush” typed by his secretary, and penciling in “Dear George” in its place, he wrote to invite Bush to musicals, commiserate over knee surgery, thank the governor for a Christmas gift — and lay out the “benefits of competition” that electricity deregulation would bring. “We have a...

(Photo : Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) GUTTENBERG, NEW JERSEY - FEBRUARY 18: People walk their dogs despite snowy conditions on February 18, 2021 in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Snow accumulation has shut down more New Jersey vaccine sites and has been a strain on timely vaccine delivery. Yet experts in the area, regulators in other states, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman have said that there are similar national preparedness concerns linked to climate change-related extreme ...

Earth Cooling Dramatically Winter storms are wreaking havoc in central and southern States. The climate news has turned catastrophic. People are angry; however, the federal government is too busy with its delusional psychosis over global warming and the COVID pandemic. People don’t realize how bad and multifaceted the situation is. We have full-scale blackouts in Mexico, millions of Americans still in the dark with no power and heat, and the biggest outage in American oil and gas history. A...