Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
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Icicles on a bush in downtown Houston, Feb. 15, 2021. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images – By Michael E. Webber, Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas at Austin 2021 Feb 16 – Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing …