U.S. Declares Texas Grid Emergency in Arctic Blast

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The U.S. Energy Department declared a power emergency in Texas, citing a shortage of electricity as an Arctic winter blast causes power plants to fail

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It will require the grid operators to provide detailed reporting to the Energy Department and completion of a post-incident special environmental analysis, a department spokeswoman added in an email. Demand on the Texas power grid reached an all-time winter peak in excess of 74,000 megawatts on Friday morning, according to the Energy Department. Texas officials have been assuring residents the power grid is up to the challenge and that there’s no danger of a repeat of the February 2021 catastrophe that killed more than 200 people.

 

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They don't prepare and they don't give a damn about the air, the earth, water, and sky...😠

Hmm. Sounds like that should be a priority of the highest office in the state. You know, to fix what is obviously a recurring problem

hmm could it be that texas' climate is changing? time for adaptation?

Abbott’s legacy to the state of Texas.

Interesting

Around 6% of that energy is renewable....🤡.....where did all the subsidies go?

I thought they beef up their infrastructure

Yay! We reelected the scumbags that won't ever fix this!

Who couldn’t see this coming? Apparently Texan voters in November, why else would they keep electing the same folks who caused the problems in the first place.

Good job Texas voters

Doesn’t Texas have its own grid system? Right. So it’s completely surrounded? By the rest of the US grid system, that is.

There are no issues in Texas with the arctic winter blast, everything went well.

Texas needs to admit that they made a mistake. Their insular power grid isn't able to handle winter storms.

Where is that scumbag Cancun Cruz?

We tried to tell you to vote for Beto!!

The republicans in Texas will somehow try to blame this failure on all the California transplants!

I love Texas. Not ALL of Texas of course, but it has so many amazing things that get overshadowed by the incompetence of Republican leaders. Just so everyone knows- there are millions of Texans that voted for Beto and do not deserve this.

Wow 😯

Ted Cruz approves this message from poolside at Cabo!

Texas is a third world country.

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