Texas runs its own power grid separate from the rest of the U.S. Winter 2021 blackouts were caused by severe weather and a lack of grid winterization. Texas laws now mandate weatherization of energy ...
Power companies say they're better prepared for extreme weather, but challenges remain to electricity production as the state's demand grows ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk along Blanco Road in San Antonio Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. San Antonio recorded 107 consecutive hours below freezing ...
Five years ago, this weekend, Texas was paralyzed by a catastrophic winter freeze that delivered historic snowfall, crippling ice storms, and record-shattering cold. For some, it feels like it ...
On Feb. 15, 2021, Erik Simpson woke up in Houston without cellphone service, so he went outside looking for a signal. Lack of a phone service was one of many problems afflicting the city that morning.
In mid-February 2021, Winter Storm Uri pushed arctic air deep into Texas, driving temperatures into dangerous territory for days and exposing a simple, brutal reality: a grid built to handle brutal ...
Through it all, from those first days until the tumultuous last night before the House and Senate gaveled out sine die, Texas Tribune photographers were at the Capitol. Here is some of what they saw.
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say connecting the Texas power grid to the rest of the country could have kept power on for millions during the 2021 ...
On Friday afternoon, Secretary of State Jane Nelson released 2021-22 election audits for four Texas counties, finding several failures and improved procedures but no evidence of widespread voter fraud ...
A Jan. 2 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a string of cars and big rigs crashing on a highway. "Fort Worth Texas PILE-UP Jan 1 2025," text on the video reads. It was liked more than 44 ...
The coldest air of the winter is set to push into Texas beginning Friday, as an arctic cold front surges south into the state. At the same time, Pacific moisture will stream in from the west, and as ...