The Two Hours That Nearly Destroyed Texas’s Electric Grid About Everything

“Seconds and minutes” from total catastrophe, the state struggled to handle an extreme weather event, which led to the largest forced power outage in U.S. history.


 


This article was written by Catherine Traywick, Mark Chediak, Naureen Malik, and Josh Saul for Bloomberg Green, February 2021.


 


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