The nonpartisan, non-profit Climate Central has conducted an analysis of major power outages affecting 50,000 customers or more from 2000-2021.
- The non-partisan, non-profit Climate Central has conducted an analysis of major power outages affecting 50,000 customers or more from 2000-2021.
Nielsen-Gammon, with Texas A&M University, has tracked this. A graph he created shows a big spike in severe weather events causing outages occurring in the last few years. "Spikes are concerning in one way and not in another," he said."They're not concerning in the sense that they're not evidence of trend, they're evidence of one-off events.
CBS 11 reached out to try and get ERCOT's response to the new report, but a representative declined an interview.
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