[econjack]

... over 2.1 million Texans are without power, just as a severe heat wave descends on the region.

Parts of Texas was sold a bill of goods that meant that 20% of the state's power capacity depends on wind and solar power. Both of those sources are not available to any significant degree during a hurricane.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It isn’t the generation problem. Hurricanes flatten the transmission and distribution towers and lines. Always have, always will.

[ShadowAce]

... over 2.1 million Texans are without power, just as a severe heat wave descends on the region.

It's actually cooled down some. Highs in the 80's.

[rktman]

If only the 30 million acre wind farm was up and running in the gulf off LA an TX......... Oh,cat 5 storm.....

[GOPJ]

Houstan Texas mayor John Whitmire is a democrat. So the city was likely not prepared for a storm.

[ro_dreaming]

The problem with Houston is that all the trees that aren’t supposed to be growing so well fell on the power lines. And then Centerpoint Energy (who manages the lines/poles) are negotiating with the thousands of line workers who came down to help - not even paying for the hotels and food! WTF?

This is a company that made somewhere around $9,000,000,000 last year - I think they can pay the guys on the ground actually doing the work.