LATEST: 63,000+ customers are without power in Texas in the midst of a fierce winter storm that has also caused more than 4,000 flights to be canceled.
, was subjected to intense criticism after last winter’s disaster. On Wednesday, the organization tried to reassure residents that it has made improvements. It has also issued a watch through Sunday and said there is enough capacity to meet the high energy demand that was forecast.
. “These local outages are not related to the amount of available electricity generated and put on the grid.”Wednesday, saying that the weather system could bring one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch of ice to some areas into Friday.
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