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The state’s grid operator warned of a possible energy emergency on the grid Tuesday. It said slightly warmer-than-expected weather was part of the problem, but it was really the fact that coal, gas and nuclear power were offline all at once.

The grid operator issued an alert Tuesday, warning that electricity demand on the grid was close to surpassing supply.

ERCOT has released a preliminary report about the causes of the power outages during February’s winter storm. But some stakeholders are already calling for it to be clarified — or even retracted. Industry experts say the news media and public are misinterpreting the data.

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.

Texans in ERCOT's service area who lost electricity were without power for an average of 42 hours, according to the study. They had been told to prepare for short-term, rolling outages.

In a phone call billed as a primer on “The Texas Two Step,” Public Utility Commission of Texas Chair Arthur D'Andrea talked about a lot more than repricing. He talked about natural gas, falling trees, Austin Energy and frog boils.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the House "stood for big business" after Speaker Dade Phelan signaled skepticism about reversing billions of dollars in charges for wholesale electricity during last month’s winter storm.

Gov. Abbott has previously directed much of the blame for the storm's power outages on the state's electrical-grid operator.

Christopher Collins of the Texas Observer, along with other journalists and watchdog groups, are pushing the nonprofit to release internal communications from February's blackouts.

Power plants owned by Austin Energy mostly stayed online during the storm — at a time when half the city was blacked out. That meant the utility could sell the excess power to the rest of the state for a high price.