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  As a public service, public health stories are free to Central Texans during the coronavirus crisis. Please support our local journalists by subscribing today. Call 512-392-2458. Sun, 06/13/2021 - 5:00am After the deadly and expensive electrical outages during a winter freeze in February, Texas lawmakers set out to make such disasters less likely in the future. And as The Texas Tribune’s Erin Douglas and Mitchell Ferman have reported, they made some progress. But they also left a lot undone. Do you want ... PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to...

Ross Ramsey takes a closer look at what the Texas Legislature did -- and did not do -- as a result of the February winter storm and power outage

Wind power is a renewable energy source that was expected to be a fraction of winter power generation. All sources — from natural gas, to nuclear, to coal, to solar — struggled to generate power during the February storm. Credit: REUTERS/Nick Oxford Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas lawmakers have been advancing sweeping legislation to address some of the major issues stemming from February’s deadly winter storm and catastrophic power outages. But some of the legislative moves are targ...

By Bob Smith, Sage President & CIO According to a recent letter written to the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) by Potomac Economics, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made a $16 billion error in pricing during the week of Winter Storm Uri. This reportedly occurred because the PUC directed the grid operator to set wholesale power prices at $9,000 per megawatt hour for two days during the storm — the maximum market price allowed. Retail power providers then bought power from the wholesale market to deliver to consumers, because they were contractually obligated to do so...

'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host labels the Biden administration's border crisis 'out of control' Ten days before the 2020 election, Mitchell Ferman, a reporter for the Texas Tribune,  came across a very strange sight in Starr County, Texas, which sits right on the border with Mexico. Starr County is one of the poorest places in the country. Not a lot of people visit, but Ferman did, and he watched as more than 70 vehicles with Trump flags drove in parade formation from the little town of Roma to Rio Grande City. "All Aboard the Trump Train" read one sign. This convoy was organized by a man c...