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Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts

  • Written by Michael E. Webber, Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas at Austin
imageIcicles on a bush in downtown Houston, Feb. 15, 2021.Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities across the central U.S. have ordered rolling blackouts to ration electricity, leaving millions of people without power. Energy expert Michael E. Webber explains why weather...

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