Thad Hill, Calpine President and CEO, departs after he appeared to answer questions a the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holding a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing temperatures. - AP
FOLLOWING last week’s widespread power failures, Texas policymakers and the state electricity industry must decide whether the blackout was caused by genuinely unforeseeable weather conditions or a failure to plan properly.
For 10 days, Texas was hit by an unusually prolonged period of very low temperatures, with the most intense cold occurring between Feb 14 and Feb 17.
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