A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights.

After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central Texas.

In the aftermath of the 2021 storm, lawmakers ... ve got all kinds of snow and ice, that can wreak havoc,” said Lewin, who writes about energy issues at the Texas Energy and Power Newsletter.

The Tennessee Valley could see some of the heaviest snowfall, with 6 inches expected on Friday. A wide swath of the country is under winter weather warnings and advisories and will see impacts ...

The Texas power grid managed by ERCOT performed admirably during this week's major winter weather event which brought ...

A significant ice storm may unfold for parts of northern ... Snow begins to melt on a car in Euless, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, following winter storms and prolonged frigid conditions.

Since a massive winter storm wiped out power to much of Texas in 2021, winter weather often leads ... would be caused by local issues like ice on power lines and not by problems with the statewide ...

DALLAS – A winter storm warning is in ... severe deep freeze in February 2021, which brought record-low single-digit temperatures along with widespread ice and snow. At the time, the Electric ...

Jabo's Ace Hardware store manager Lazaro Pedraza helps Dorothy Spriggs shop for ice melter ... Before February 2021, Tatiyana Leonard gave little thought to winter storm preparation.

In 2021, more than 100 people died as the state's power grid failed during back-to-back ice storms. Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with the press, Jan. 8, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Electric Reliability ...

The storm, which may bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of snow along with ice across north Texas, has also raised ... lows seen during the February 2021 storm that killed more than 200 ...