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<figcaption> McKinney during the winter storm affecting the entire state last week. The storm brought snow, ice, and freezing temperatures at the same time that the state's power grid operations nearly collapsed and millions of Texans were left without electricity. <cite>Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune</cite> </figcaption>

Power Outages Main Cause of Oil, Gas Shut-Ins Bloomberg 2/26/2021 Naureen S. Malik, Joe Carroll, David Wethe and Mark Chediak (Bloomberg) -- Texas lawmakers’ attempt to understand why the state’s power system failed last week yielded plenty of blame but few clear answers on how to prevent a similar crisis in the future. Popular Searches In two marathon hearings, lawmakers grilled the state’s biggest power providers, its grid operator and regulators about the blackouts that left more than four million homes and businesses without heat, light and water during a deep wint...

Texas House, Senate hold hearings about last week’s winter storm Texas House, Senate hold hearings about last week’s winter storm Committees in both chambers of the Texas Legislature discussed what went wrong with the state's power infrastructure during last week's winter storm. AUSTIN, Texas - The hearings that took place under the Texas Capitol dome Thursday were held in separate locations, but state Senate and House members had similar questions for those who came to testify. "I'm looking for who is, where does the buck stop," asked state Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston). House m...

Watch live, get live analysis as Texas lawmakers question ERCOT, energy regulators about power outages Madlin Mekelburg, Bob Sechler and Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman "This is the largest train wreck:" Texas senator questions ERCOT CEO about power grid Replay Video UP NEXT Texas lawmakers have embarked on a series of hearings examining the power outages that swept the state amid a frigid winter storm, plunging more than 4 million people into darkness and leaving them without heat — and in some cases, water — for days. There are two hearings happening at the Texa...

Were regulators right to push power prices to the maximum in Texas? FacebookTwitterEmail Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer With power generators knocked offline and outages rolling across Texas on Feb. 15, wholesale electricity markets in Texas presented a puzzle. Power was trading between $1,000 and $2,000 per megawatt-hour, a very high price, but not one that reflected the severe power shortages crippling the state. That evening, the Public Utility Commission stepped in, ordering the state’s grid manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, to declare a level thre...