Some 2.7 million households were without power, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a cooperative responsible for 90% of the state's electricity which has come under increasing fire for a massive failure of the power grid. There is ice everywhere," Nowell said, adding that she was frustrated by the lack of communication about rolling blackouts to conserve the power grid. Overhead power lines are seen during record-breaking temperatures in Houston, Texas, US, February 17, 2021. "I'm telling my community do not expect the power to come back even after the weather passes," Hidalgo said on CNN. Austin Mayor Steve Adler blamed the power failures on a lack of preparedness and also called for reforms.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2021 21:11 UTC