Overnight cloud cover, a La Nina weather pattern, and a Jetstream parked to the north is keeping us dry and warm.

Over Valentine’s Day weekend 2021, running water was a luxury. When unpredictable freezing temperatures hit the state and the power grid failed, Texans’ survival skills were put to the test. Storm Uri ...

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The Texas power grid is expected to hold up through most weather conditions this winter, even though the emerging data center boom adds a new layer of risk, grid officials said Tuesday. That’s an ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new report shows a growing industry in Texas could put a strain on the state's power grid this winter. Winter power problems have been on Houston resident, Dolores Hidalgo's ...

It overwhelmed power plants, fuel supplies and equipment, forcing grid managers to cut electricity to prevent a grid collapse. Millions of Texans lost power, many for days. More than 200 deaths were ...

Polar vortex and power failure will forever go together for many Texans. The first wave of cold weather always makes me wonder whether the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s power grid is ready ...