Texas lawmakers slowed the growth of clean energy, and thereby weakened the electric grid, but experts managed to pass some ...

Sometimes the weight of ice pulls branches onto electric lines. Other times wind makes a wire spark ... the system over time. Texas had 210 weather-related power outages — more than any other ...

Cowden said he often spots problems with oilfield electrical equipment such as a pumpjack with faulty wiring or a power line lying on dead grass. Credit: Annie Rice for The Texas Tribune Audio ...

HOUSTON — As hurricane season officially begins and summer heat intensifies across Texas, all eyes are on the state’s power ...

Strong winds, hail and heavy rain knocked out power in several areas of the city, especially in northern and eastern areas.

Hundreds of pounds of ice weigh down a branch, which sags onto a power line, stretching it ... in the chilly weather. Oncor Electric, which serves much of North Texas and the Midland-Odessa ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK ... level picture of the wiring, adding that CenterPoint Energy crews were on the way. "Constable Deputies are working a traffic hazard, power lines down, in the 10000 ...

A 6-year-old boy and his grandmother were sent to a Texas ... saw a downed power line and stepped outside of the vehicle to warn a neighbor, and that's when they were struck by electricity ...

Cowden, 38, spots problems such as a pump jack with faulty wiring or ... role in regulating power lines. And the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which oversees electricity in the state ...