As we prepare for the first ice and snow event of 2022, state leaders insist we are better prepared than one year ago. FOX 4's Blake Hanson has a look back at what caused the deadly power outages and a look ahead to what Texas is doing to prevent it from happening again.
And while Texans prepared, few had a sense of how prepared they would need to be.
As we approach the one-year anniversary, FOX 4’s Blake Hanson sat down with meteorologist Ali Turiano."About a week out we were already discussing the potential for some serious cold air, something we haven’t seen in decades," she said. Shortly after midnight in the early hours of Feb. 15, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization that manages the state’s electrical grid, issued an emergency alert. But it quickly became clear for many Texans that the power was not rotating.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reports more than 4.5 million people in Texas lost power – some for as long as four days.And with the frigid temperatures, pipes began to freeze and tragically, people did too.
While demand hit record levels, supply of power fell. At one point, nearly 50% of power generation was knocked offline.
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