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ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages

Wednesday, February 24 by ABC News

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Texas’ embattled power grid operator is facing lawsuits and resignations after more than 4 million customers lost electricity last week during a deadly winter storm.Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based national law firm... Read More.

Texas’ power outages, water shortages put bigger strain on hospitals

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By EMILY SHAPIRO and SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As a historic winter storm knocks out power and bursts pipes across Texas, hospitals in the lone star state are facing additional stress.Hospitals, already contending with COVID-19 patients, are now... Read More.

How a Texas synagogue got hundreds vaccinated after power outages threatened doses

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By DR. ERIC SILBERMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After an unprecedented winter storm cut off power to the freezers storing vaccines in Harris County, Texas, thousands of doses were at risk of expiring within hours. Alan Hoffman, an internist at Houston Methodist Hospital,... Read More.

Republicans use Texas power outages to spread false claims about green energy

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

BY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Republican politicians are using the widespread power outages in Texas to place false blame on renewable energy sources, but clean energy isn't what was fueling the majority of power plants that failed. Millions in the state were... Read More.

Catastrophic outages in Texas a symptom of America’s aging power grids

Wednesday, February 17 by ABC News

BY: ALLIE YANG, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Local infrastructure doesn't get much attention -- until it fails. Like right now in Texas. The state's electric grid, like most of the nation's, consists of many parts at least 50 years old. "Our electric grid... Read More.

Texas emergency proclamation approved as dangerous winter storm causes power outages

Monday, February 15 by ABC News

By WILLIAM MANSELL, MARILYN HECK and JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As a major winter storm batters large parts of the country, President Joe Biden has approved Texas' emergency disaster proclamation Sunday.The declaration orders federal assistance to supplement state... Read More.

Zeta latest: 5 dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

Thursday, October 29 by ABC News

By EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least five people are dead after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the South, leaving a trail of destruction before turning toward the Northeast.A 55-year-old died from electrocution in... Read More.

Zeta latest: Three dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

Thursday, October 29 by ABC News

By EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least three people are dead after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the South, leaving a trail of destruction before turning toward the Northeast.A 55-year-old died from electrocution in... Read More.

Stories tagged with: outages

ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages

Texas’ power outages, water shortages put bigger strain on hospitals

How a Texas synagogue got hundreds vaccinated after power outages threatened doses

Republicans use Texas power outages to spread false claims about green energy

Catastrophic outages in Texas a symptom of America’s aging power grids

Texas emergency proclamation approved as dangerous winter storm causes power outages

Zeta latest: 5 dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

Zeta latest: Three dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

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