Severe weather this summer could cause another Texas power crisis 9 hours 24 minutes 56 seconds ago Thursday, April 15 2021 Apr 15, 2021 April 15, 2021 1:47 PM April 15, 2021 in News - Local Source: https://www.texastribune.org/ Share: Lake Travis during a drought in the summer of 2011, the driest year on record in Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages Texas' electric grid, based this year's extreme weather scenarios on 2011 conditions. Widespread power outages did not occur that year. Credit: REUTERS/Joshua Lott "Severe weather this summer could cause another Texas power crisis" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.