Texas power outages: More people could lose electricity, heat as crisis persists

A view of one neighborhood in Steiner Ranch on Feb. 15, 2021 From drone video of Kevin Witt

The massive winter storm in Texas has brought widespread power outages and transportation problems.

When will Texans get their power back? Officials don’t know.

Power lines along a row of homes in South Austin. Many residents experienced power outages due to the winter storm that rolled through Texas. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

ERCOT says while it’s working to restore power to residents — many of whom had been without it for multiple hours or longer as temperatures remained well below freezing — it was also aiming to avoid a complete shutdown of the grid, which is used by roughly 90% of the state.

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