2021 Texas power crisis (English Wikipedia)

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AP (February 20, 2021). "Lawsuit alleges ERCOT ignored weaknesses in power grid; Attorney general promises investigation". ABC13 Houston. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Fox, Keaton (February 22, 2021). "Texas' grid operator ERCOT has 1 reason that it claims it can't be sued". ABC13 Houston. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

austinchronicle.com

Clark-Madison, Mike (February 26, 2021). "Volunteer Efforts Take Center Stage in Winter Storm Relief: Chasing the cold away". The Austin Chronicle.

austintexas.gov

2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Review: Findings Report (PDF) (Report). City of Austin & Travis County. November 4, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

baynews9.com

"A Full List of All The Record Cold Texas Temperatures". Bay News 9. February 17, 2021. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021.

bbc.com

"Texas weather: Deaths mount as winter storm leaves millions without power". BBC News. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"Texas weather: Residents told to boil tap water amid power blackouts". BBC News. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

bloomberg.com

"Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold". Bloomberg L.P. February 17, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
"A Giant Flaw in Texas Blackouts: It Cut Power to Gas Supplies". Bloomberg L.P. February 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
Roston, Eric; Chapa, Sergio; Powell, Barbara. "Restarting Texas's Frozen Energy Heartland Will Be a Climate Mess". Bloomberg News. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
Crowley, Kevin (April 29, 2021). "Hidden Super Polluters Revealed in Wake of Texas Energy Crisis". Bloomberg News. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

businessinsider.com

Cavaliere, Victoria. "Why some Texas residents are ending up with $5,000 electric bills after the winter storms". Business Insider. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

buzzfeednews.com

Peter Aldhous, Stephanie M. Lee and Zahra Hirji (May 26, 2021). "The Texas Winter Storm And Power Outages Killed Hundreds More People Than The State Says". Buzzfeed News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.

chooseenergy.com

"The 2021 Texas power crisis: A timeline | Choose Energy®".

chron.com

Tolson, Mike; GEORGE, CINDY (February 4, 2011). "Ice may still be a danger on the roads". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
Gowdy, ShaCamree (March 3, 2021). "Say Her Name TX transports 330 cases of water from Virginia to Houston". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

cnn.com

Travis Caldwell, Keith Allen and Eric Levenson (February 18, 2021). "The Texas power grid is improving. But days of outages have caused heat, water and food shortages". CNN. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Travis Caldwell (February 19, 2021). "Nearly half of Texans remain under boil-water advisories as water scarcity and freezing temperatures continue". CNN. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Diaz, Daniella (February 19, 2021). "While Cruz was traveling from Cancun, O'Rourke and AOC helped Texans in crisis". CNN Politics. CNN. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
Mizelle, Shawna (February 21, 2021). "AOC raises nearly $5 million in Texas relief efforts". CNN. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

columbia.edu

energypolicy.columbia.edu

"Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy | What Winter Storms Reveal About The Texas Grid". www.energypolicy.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

csmonitor.com

Hinckley, Story (January 3, 2016). "How a freak blizzard wrecked Texas's dairy industry". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

dallasnews.com

"Hundreds of thousands remain without power as more snow is headed to Dallas-Fort Worth on heels of record cold". February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Halkias, Maria (February 19, 2021). "Griddy customers face $5,000 electric bills for 5 freezing days in Texas". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
"Texas' power grid operator hit with first lawsuits in wake of disastrous blackouts". Dallas News. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
DiFurio, Dom (February 23, 2021). "Texas electricity retailer Griddy hit with $1 billion lawsuit for 'price gouging' after outages". Dallas News. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

deadline.com

Kroll, Justin (March 23, 2021). "Matthew McConaughey And Camila Alves McConaughey's 'We're Texas' Virtual Concert Benefit Raises Nearly $8 Million For Those Affected By Winter Storm". Deadline. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

doi.org

Lee, Cheng-Chun; Maron, Mikel; Mostafavi, Ali (September 24, 2022). "Community-scale big data reveals disparate impacts of the Texas winter storm of 2021 and its managed power outage". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9 (1): 335. doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01353-8. PMC 9510185. PMID 36187845.

eia.gov

"Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price (Dollars per Million Btu)".
"Extreme winter weather is disrupting energy supply and demand, particularly in Texas". U.S. Energy Information Administration. February 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

ercot.com

"About ERCOT". ercot.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
"Hourly Load Data Archives". ercot.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
"ERCOT calls for rotating outages as extreme winter weather forces generating units offline". ercot.com. February 15, 2021. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

ferc.gov

Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (August 2011). "Report on Outages and Curtailments During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011" (PDF). North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
"Report on Outages and Curtailments during the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011 - Causes and Recommendations" (PDF). Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. August 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 17, 2021.
"The Price Spike Report issued July 23, 2003" (PDF). ferc.gov. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

forbes.com

Beer, Tommy (February 19, 2021). "Fundraisers For Texas—From AOC, Beyoncé, Reese Witherspoon And More—Net Millions". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
Reimann, Nicholas. "Congressional Investigation Launched Into Texas Power Outages". Forbes. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
Bryce, Robert. "Texas Ratepayers Are Being Saddled With Nearly $38 Billion In Excess Energy Costs From Winter Storm Uri". Forbes. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

foxnews.com

Conklin, Audrey (February 20, 2021). "11-year-old Texas boy dies of suspected hypothermia during power outage". New York Post. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Day, Nate (February 19, 2021). "Kacey Musgraves joins celeb pile-on against Ted Cruz, hawks T-shirts to raise storm-relief cash". Fox. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Barrabi, Thomas (February 18, 2021). "Cruz admits Cancun trip 'obviously a mistake' as he returns to find protesters outside his Texas home". Fox News. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

ft.com

Hook, Leslie; Bernard, Steven (February 20, 2021). "Climate graphic of the week: Polar vortex sends Texas into deep freeze". Financial Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

go.com

abcnews.go.com

"Republicans use Texas power outages to spread false claims about green energy". ABC News. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Haworth, Jon (February 18, 2021). "12 primates die at Texas animal sanctuary after frigid weather causes power failure". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

heinonline.org

Davis Noll, Bethany A. (August 2020). "Markets, Externalities, and the Federal Power Act: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Authority to Price Carbon Dioxide Emissions". Environmental Law Reporter. 50: 10629 – via HeinOnline.

houstonchronicle.com

Root, Jay; Dexheimer, Eric (February 19, 2021). "Abbott appointees made 'astonishing' cuts to power reliability team before deadly Texas storm". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
Dexheimer, Eric; Root, Jay (February 26, 2021). "'Muzzled and eviscerated': Critics say Abbott appointees gutted enforcement of Texas grid rules". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
Tomlinson, Chris (February 9, 2022). "Texas' old-timey electric grid is not fixed, and politicians are propping it up". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
Houston Chronicle, "How devastating was 2021's deadly Texas freeze, exactly? Here's what the numbers say", Erice Dexheimer, Jeremy Blackman (Austin Bureau), Feb. 11, 2022.
Osborne, James (February 23, 2022). "Ex-ERCOT chief says Abbott directed freeze blackouts to stop before decision to run up billions in bills". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
Wallace, Jeremy (February 16, 2021). "Gov. Abbott calls on ERCOT leaders to resign over power outages". Houston Chronicle. Houston Chronice. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
Wermund, Benjamin (February 17, 2021). "FEMA sending generators, water and blankets to Texas". Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Cowen, Diane (February 26, 2021). "Houston-area nonprofits help those in need after dangerous weather". Houston Chronicle.
Blackman, Jeremy (June 8, 2021). "'Everything that needed to be done': Gov. Abbott signs bill to strengthen Texas grid". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

kdhnews.com

"Heights lifts boil-water notice after 8 days". The Killeen Daily Herald. February 27, 2021.
"Heights lifts boil-water notice after 8 days". The Killeen Daily Herald. February 27, 2021.

khou.com

"US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raises more than $2 million to help Texans recover from nightmare winter storm". KHOU. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

kltv.com

"Some East Texas water suppliers lift boil water notices". February 27, 2021.

ksat.com

"Official: 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines lost to winter storm in Texas". KSAT-TV. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

ktxs.com

Burch, Jamie (February 16, 2021). "Colorado City mayor resigns, responds to his controversial Facebook post". KTXS. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

kut.org

"Gov. Abbott promised last fall that 'the lights will stay on.' Now he says there's no guarantee". KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

kvia.com

"Texas mayor quits after calling residents 'lazy' and 'weak' amid power outages from storm". KVIA. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

kvue.com

"Austin Water asks customers to not drip faucets amid water shortage". kvue.com. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

kxan.com

Goard, Alyssa (February 14, 2021). "Texas' power grid set a new winter peak demand record Sunday evening". Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"5 ERCOT board members don't live in Texas, one from Canada". KXAN Austin. February 18, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.

mysanantonio.com

Mendoza, Madalyn (February 19, 2021). "Photos show people collecting water out of the S.A. River Walk". mySA. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

nasa.gov

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

"Extreme Winter Weather Causes U.S. Blackouts". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

nbcnews.com

Stelloh, Tim; Suliman, Adela; Chirbas, Kurt; Sheeley, Colin (February 16, 2021). "Millions in Texas without power as deadly storm brings snow, freezing weather". NBC News. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Miranda, Leticia (February 19, 2021). "As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000". NBC News. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
"Texas contending with water nightmare on top of power crisis". Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Helsel, Phil (February 18, 2021). "Frozen hydrants challenge Texas firefighters battling blaze at San Antonio-area apartment building". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Janowski, Elizabeth (February 19, 2021). "AOC raises over $3M for Texas relief, heads to Houston after blasting Cruz for Mexico trip". ABC News. ABC. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

nerc.com

Summer Reliability Assessment, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (June 2019).

newrepublic.com

Aronoff, Kate (February 16, 2021). "Conservatives Are Seriously Accusing Wind Turbines of Killing People in the Texas Blackouts". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

newsweek.com

EST, Jon Jackson On 2/17/21 at 11:19 AM (February 17, 2021). "If your power's out in the cold, stay warm with these expert survival tips". Newsweek. Retrieved February 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

nih.gov

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Lee, Cheng-Chun; Maron, Mikel; Mostafavi, Ali (September 24, 2022). "Community-scale big data reveals disparate impacts of the Texas winter storm of 2021 and its managed power outage". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9 (1): 335. doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01353-8. PMC 9510185. PMID 36187845.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Lee, Cheng-Chun; Maron, Mikel; Mostafavi, Ali (September 24, 2022). "Community-scale big data reveals disparate impacts of the Texas winter storm of 2021 and its managed power outage". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9 (1): 335. doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01353-8. PMC 9510185. PMID 36187845.

noaa.gov

wpc.ncep.noaa.gov

Service, NOAA's National Weather. "WPC Surface Analysis Archive". wpc.ncep.noaa.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

npr.org

Neuman, Scott (February 18, 2021). "'It's Life And Death': Texans Still Without Power As Nation Faces More Winter Storms". NPR. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Diaz, Jaclyn (March 5, 2021). "ERCOT CEO Refuses $800K Payout Following Firing". NPR.

nytimes.com

Wright, Will; Robertson, Campbell (February 17, 2021). "Burst Pipes and Power Outages in Battered Texas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Penney, Veronica (February 19, 2021). "How Texas' Power Generation Failed During the Storm, In Charts". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Searcey, Dionne (February 17, 2021). "No, Wind Farms Aren't the Main Cause of the Texas Blackouts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Christine Hauser and Edgar Sandoval (July 14, 2021). "Death Toll From Texas Winter Storm Continues to Rise". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
Penney, Veronica (February 19, 2021). "How Texas' Power Generation Failed During the Storm, In Charts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
Krauss, Clifford; Fernandez, Manny; Penn, Ivan; Rojas, Rick (February 21, 2021). "How Texas' Drive for Energy Independence Set It Up for Disaster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
Waller, Allyson (February 21, 2021). "What a Texas Plumber Faces Now: A State Full of Burst Pipes". The New York Times.
Rio, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del; Fausset, Richard; Diaz, Johnny (February 19, 2021). "Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Goldmacher, Shane (February 18, 2021). "Ted Cruz's Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Goldmacher, Shane; Fandos, Nicholas (February 18, 2021). "Ted Cruz's Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Rojas, Rick (March 1, 2021). "Leader of Texas Utility Regulator Resigns After Extensive Storm Outages DeAnn T. Walker, the chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, had been caught in a tide of fury that swelled after millions were left without power". The New York Times.

reuters.com

Multiple sources:
- Kelly, Tim McLaughlin, Stephanie (February 22, 2021). "Why a predictable cold snap crippled the Texas power grid". Reuters.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Gas and power sellers rack up billions in profit from Texas freeze". Reuters. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- Brooks, Brad (February 19, 2021). "Cold, lack of water overwhelm Texas hospitals more than COVID-19 did". Reuters. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

sacurrent.com

Nowlin, Sanford (March 17, 2021). "Texas' last PUC member resigns after recording catches him reassuring utility investors". San Antonio Current. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

southeastagnet.com

"Texas Freeze Leaves Citrus Crop in Trouble". Southeast AgNET. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

statesman.com

Dexheimer, Eric. "February power blackouts across Texas echoed 1989 failures, state report shows". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

texas.gov

gov.texas.gov

"Governor Abbott Issues Disaster Declaration, Continues To Deploy Resources As Severe Winter Weather Impacts Texas". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
"Governor Abbott Provides Update On Severe Winter Weather Impacting Texas". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
"Governor Abbott Gives Update On State Response To Severe Winter Weather, Power Outages". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"Governor Abbott Declares ERCOT Reform An Emergency Item". Office of the Texas Governor. February 16, 2021. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021.
"Governor Abbott Signs ERCOT Reforms, Power Grid Weatherization Legislation Into Law". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

dshs.texas.gov

"Winter Storm-Related Deaths – July 13, 2021". Texas Department of State Health Services. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
"Winter Storm-Related Deaths – July 13, 2021". Texas Department of State Health Services. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

texasmonthly.com

February 2022 17, Russell Gold (January 18, 2022). "The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up". Texas Monthly. Retrieved January 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Steffy, Loren (March 16, 2021). "Some on Wall Street Profited off Texas Blackouts. In a Private Call, a Top Regulator Pledged He Would Try to Protect Their Windfall. Public Utility Commission chairman Arthur D'Andrea apologized to investors last week for the "uncertainty" around its profits". Texas Monthly.

texastribune.org

Patrick Svitek (January 2, 2022). "Texas puts final estimate of winter storm death toll at 246". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
Erin Douglas (February 20, 2021). "Gov. Greg Abbott wants power companies to "winterize." Texas' track record won't make that easy". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
Galbraith, Kate (February 8, 2011). "Texplainer: Why does Texas have its own power grid?". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
McCullough, Erin Douglas, Kate McGee and Jolie (February 18, 2021). "Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved March 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Douglas, Erin (February 18, 2021). "Texas was 'seconds and minutes' away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say". Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Douglas, Erin; Ferman, Mitchell (March 4, 2021). "ERCOT overcharged power companies $16 billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says". The Texas Tribune. Companies then buy power from the wholesale market to deliver to consumers, which they are contractually obligated to do. Because ERCOT failed to bring prices back down on time, companies had to buy power in the market at inflated prices.
McCullough, Erin Douglas, Kate McGee and Jolie (February 18, 2021). "Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say". Retrieved February 18, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Svitek, Patrick (January 2, 2022). "Texas puts final estimate of winter storm death toll at 246". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
Aguilar, Duncan Agnew and Julián (February 18, 2021). "Texans running out of food as weather crisis disrupts supply chain". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Agnew, Duncan (February 26, 2021). "Plumber shortage and supply chain issues are delaying storm recovery efforts in Texas". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
Harper, Karen Brooks (February 16, 2021). "Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, injections delayed by winter storm". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
Ferman, Mitchell (March 3, 2021). "Gov. Greg Abbott taps new head of Texas utility regulator in wake of power outages Arthur D'Andrea replaces DeAnn Walker, who resigned earlier this week as chair of the Public Utility Commission. The governor appoints commissioners to lead the PUC, which oversees the state's grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas". Texas Tribune.
Ferman, Erin Douglas and Mitchell (March 31, 2021). "Texas lawmakers want to prevent another power crisis. But the legislation doesn't go far enough to do that, critics say". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
Sparber, Sami (April 19, 2021). "Texas House targets power grid flaw that cut electricity to natural gas facilities and worsened February blackouts". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
Ferman, Erin Douglas and Mitchell (May 27, 2021). "Texas Legislature approves bills to require power plants to "weatherize," among other measures to overhaul electric grid". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

theguardian.com

"Winter gas bill from hell: Oklahomans face paying $1.4bn over snowstorm". The Guardian. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

thehill.com

Celene Castronuovo (February 21, 2021). "Close to 70 dead in states with severe winter weather: report". The Hill. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

theverge.com

Multiple sources:
- Calma, Justine (February 17, 2021). "Texas has work to do to avoid another energy crisis". The Verge. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

time.com

Sullivan, Brian, K.; Malick, Nauren S. (February 16, 2021). "5 Million Americans Have Lost Power From Texas to North Dakota After Devastating Winter Storm". Time. Retrieved February 16, 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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"5 Million Americans Have Lost Power After a Devastating Winter Storm". Time. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

twitter.com

Ted Cruz [@tedcruz] (February 21, 2021). "This is WRONG. No power company should get a windfall because of a natural disaster, and Texans shouldn't get hammered by ridiculous rate increases for last week's energy debacle. State and local regulators should act swiftly to prevent this injustice" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

usatoday.com

Rice, Doyle. "Winter storm will bring ice, snow to millions from Texas to New Jersey". USA Today. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Sechler, Asher Price and Bob. "Winter storm blackouts plagued Texas in 2011, too. Recommendations made afterward went unenforced". USA Today. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
"Why is it so cold? How the polar vortex brings record low temperatures and winter storms". USA Today. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Rice, Doyle. "Winter storm will bring ice, snow to millions from Texas to New Jersey". USA Today. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Link, Devon. "Fact check: Meme of wind turbine being de-iced includes 2015 image from Sweden". USA Today. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
Mekelburg, Madlin. "Texas power grid CEO fired after deadly February power outages". USA Today.

vox.com

Irfan, Umair (February 18, 2021). "Scientists are divided over whether climate change is fueling extreme cold events". Vox. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

washingtonpost.com

Shepherd, Katie. "Rick Perry says Texans would accept even longer power outages 'to keep the federal government out of their business'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
Thebault, Reis; Firozi, Paulina; Shammas, Brittany (February 21, 2021). "58 people died in last week's frigid weather. Some of them were just trying to stay warm". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
Ingraham, Christopher. "Analysis | Hypothermia, carbon monoxide and cold pets: Google searches underscore depth of crisis in Texas". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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weather.com

"Why Winter Storm Uri Caused Millions of Power Outages in Texas". weather.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"Texas Officials Warn Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; At Least 17 Deaths Tied to Winter Storm Uri". weather.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

web.archive.org

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