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Storm Uri caused blackouts to millions of homes and businesses in Texas and led to the deaths of more than 240 people. The power crisis also prompted Texas to begin overhauling its grid to ...
Fears of controlled outages popped up lafter Texas’ power grid operator ERCOT warned in a report published last week that it may have to force rolling blackouts as energy demand peaks in August.
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At the peak, over 5 million people in Texas were without power, [68] with 11 million experiencing an outage at some point, [22] some for more than 3 days. [69] During the period of outages, the wholesale electric price was set to $9,000/megawatt-hour which was the "system cap" set by ERCOT, [70] compared to a more typical $25/MWh. [22]
Here’s what to do before, during and after a power outage.
Days of record-breaking heat for example, when demand for air conditioning can bring on blackouts, are often bad air days. “If we are talking about the heat waves, that’s almost guaranteed high ozone,” which is harmful to people’s health, said Max Zhang, an engineering professor at Cornell University.
While millions of Texans suffered from power outages, a slew of Fox News hosts and guests misled their viewers. We fact-checked their claims.
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