Texas Power Outages Map
Customers Tracked: 12,413,164 State Outages: 185,983 Last Updated: 2/19/2021, 06:27:40 PM ERCOT: Level 3 Alert – ERCOT is asking consumers to conserve energy.
A Glimpse of America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids
Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their...
White House Adviser Says Texas Outages Show How U.S. Is Unprepared For Climate Change
The extreme weather conditions in Texas, where a winter storm has caused widespread power outages, should serve as a reminder that climate change is real...
Chris Hayes debunks GOP, right-wing media lies about Texas power outages
"It is just a lie that wind turbines, 'green energy' are the root causes of the problems in Texas right now,” says Chris Hayes, discussing...
Texas blackouts show how vulnerable power grid is to climate change
Power outages in Texas from the winter storm reveal a broader crisis: Climate change is fueling more frequent and destructive weather disasters that are overwhelming...
Texas’ grid operator wants to bring relief by making power outages consistently shorter — but might not be able to Wednesday
ERCOT's CEO and president told reporters Wednesday he's optimistic that the state's grid will start to see some of the power it has lost return...
No, Wind Farms Aren’t the Main Cause of the Texas Blackouts
The state’s widespread electricity failure was largely caused by freezing natural gas pipelines. That didn’t stop advocates for fossil fuels from trying to shift blame....