Texas' electric system is facing an "unprecedented power shortage" during the winter storm and there's no telling when thousands of customers will get power restored.

Check here for the latest weather updates throughout the day: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w… #hounews #txwx
Out of 2.6 million homes and businesses served by @CNPalerts in the Houston area, 1 million are without power.

"The bottom line is that neither CenterPoint, nor I, can give you an estimate of when the power will come back on," says @LinaHidalgoTX:

houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w… #txwx
.@CNPalerts' power outage map is finally working. According to the latest update, only 39 percent of homes, apartments and businesses in the Houston region have power: gis.centerpointenergy.com/outagetracker/… #hounews #txwx
“The ERCOT grid has collapsed in exactly the same manner as the old Soviet Union. It limped along on underinvestment and neglect until it finally broke under predictable circumstances."

How the state's power grid failed millions of Texans: houstonchronicle.com/business/energ… #hounews #txwx

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