Rolling Blackouts in Texas (February 2021)

ERCOT calls for rotating outages as extreme winter weather forces generating units offline. “Every grid operator and every electric company is fighting to restore power right now,” said ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness. https://t.co/rKoWcBZSew

— ERCOT (@ERCOT_ISO) February 15, 2021

Texas' electric grid operator lost control of the power supply Monday morning.

Some of the energy sources powering the grid were knocked out by the inclement weather, most of which were facilities run by gas, coal or nuclear energy. https://t.co/mJSxVK7Twl

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 16, 2021

Morning. The #TexasFreeze continues & grid operator ERCOT is still reporting >31,000 MW of thermal generation capacity out as of 9AM CT. Down slightly from a peak of 34,000 MW reported yesterday afternoon (https://t.co/jNMR4ibyY0) but still >40% of thermal capacity in state! pic.twitter.com/Y20tpblgmu

— JesseJenkins (@JesseJenkins) February 16, 2021

El Paso did NOT lose power like most of Texas because we’re on a different grid than the rest of the state. Electric company also says it made improvements to infrastructure to prepare for extreme cold. pic.twitter.com/Ol5LfJb7Fi

— Angela Kocherga (@AngelaKBorder) February 16, 2021

Today @GovAbbott requested a Major Disaster Declaration — which if granted would allow eligible Texans to apply for assistance to help address broken pipes and related property damage. Sign up for news alerts at https://t.co/ELJVdhA3EK. (3/4)

— TXGeneralLandOffice (@txglo) February 19, 2021

A short thread of Texas Republicans sharing their thoughts on rolling blackouts elsewhere

— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) February 16, 2021

A year ago: cruise travel is bad

Now: Cruz travel is bad

— Jon Allsop (@Jon_Allsop) February 19, 2021

I get it now. Ted and Heidi Cruz wanted their children to be safe, to have basic sanitary services like heat and running water, to leave behind a third-world apocalyptic nightmare for a safer place. Like so many parents before them, they decided to cross the Mexican border.

— Julie Roginsky (@julieroginsky) February 19, 2021