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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Marcy McDaniel lives less than a mile from an east Harris County power plant, but that proximity didn't spare her from being left in the dark as the state's power grid failed to keep up with demand for electricity last week. More than five million Texans faced forced outages last week. McDaniel said she struggled to stay warm as the temperature inside her house dropped to what felt like 30 degrees. "If they can't keep the power on across the street from a power plant, what hope do the rest of us have?," 13 Investigates' Ted Oberg asked her this week in the aftermath o...

Backers of competition in the electricity-supply business promised it would lower prices for consumers who could shop around for the best deals, just as they do for cellphone service.

How Texas Repeatedly Failed To Protect Its Power Grid Against Extreme Weather -- by Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. The incident was the second in three years for North Texas-based Luminant, whose equipment malfunctions during a more severe storm in 2011 resulted in a $750,000 fine from state energy regulators for failing to deliver promised power to the grid. In the earlier cold snap, the grid was pushed to the limit and rolling blackouts swept the state, spurring an angry Legislature to order a study of what went wrong.

How high will your electricity bill be? It depends. FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 An electricity power station at Dallas and Live Oak. Whether most electricity bills will go up following the recent power crisis will depend on several factors.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Power lines in Houston. Whether most electricity bills will go up following the recent power crisis will depend on several factors.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 Power lines in Houston. Whether most electricity bills will go up follow...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas lawmakers are promising relief for Texans hit with massive electric bills after a winter storm bludgeoned the state’s power grid, leaving millions of residents freezing