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Our power grid still can't take a big freeze

Our power grid still can't take a big freeze

FromCity Cast Houston


Our power grid still can't take a big freeze

FromCity Cast Houston

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In February 2021, after Winter Storm Uri rolled into Texas, the state’s power grid went down. Millions of homes and businesses lost electricity and heat, and hundreds of people died. Are we better prepared now? Sergio Chapa, an energy reporter with Bloomberg, explains the weaknesses 2022's first little cold snap revealed.

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Released:
Jan 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Food, culture, news and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join Host Lisa Gray and the City Cast Houston team as we celebrate and interrogate this sprawling place with our favorite journalists, thinkers, leaders, neighbors and gadflies. Learn more and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter at houston.citycast.fm.