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The Travis County Medical Examiner's office on Wednesday released its final rundown of the deaths it investigated during February's winter storm. Here's what it found.
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After the winter storm crisis in February, state lawmakers passed a handful of reforms aimed at preventing another blackout. Many now say they should focus on offering direct relief to ratepayers who were left financially devastated by the storm.
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After February's deadly power outages, new legislation would mandate winterizing parts of the state's energy system. But lawmakers took a pass on major market reforms to make the grid more resilient.
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Texas lawmakers are considering bills to pay back banks, natural gas suppliers and power generators that sold energy at the height of the freeze in February. But some worry the solution they’ve found could reward negligence and criminality.
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Inadequate gas supply was a major reason for the crisis, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to many state lawmakers debating bills to address it. As the session winds down, it's unclear if they will ensure gas infrastructure is weatherized to withstand the next big freeze.
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Bob Kahn's quick departure from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows just how difficult restoring public trust in the grid manager will be.
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The office will determine whether the deaths were due to hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning, crashes or other causes linked to the freeze.
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The utility says a map of its circuits, which determines who loses power and who keeps it during an emergency, is not something it can create.
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It's understandable to think that if more homes use natural gas for heat than more people could stay warm during a blackout. But the opposite could be true.
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As chilly weather grips much of Texas, the state's electricial grid operator is asking consumers to reduce their energy use, though it says a brief threat…