Three weeks shy of five years since a winter storm overwhelmed Texas’ power grid and left millions freezing in the dark, Texans experienced another weekend of barren grocery shelves, closed schools and an intense focus on the integrity of its electrical grid.
Gov. Greg Abbott, state emergency management officials and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas CEO assured Texans at a news conference in the days before this year’s storm that the grid was prepared to handle increased demand over the weekend as snow, sleet and freezing rain was forecast to fall on large swaths of Texas.
