Well considering no one from Texas has commented. I would say it is

From what I've seen:

• small % - never lost power. (Shared a substation with a hospital or other emergency center.)
• large % - had power 75% of the time Monday - Wednesday. Lots of people being cycled 2 hrs on, 30 minutes off, etc. (>4 million people were in this category.)
• small % - lost power 98-100% of the time Monday - Wednesday.

We were in the % that lost power completely for 3 days, but because we aren't idiots and we are rural - we flipped a few switches and took our whole property off the grid.

There will be 100,000 homes with some level of water damage from broken pipes just because they don't build houses in Texas for heavy freezes.

All that to say: The media LOVES to make Texas look bad because Texas is conservative. So, take everything you hear with a grain of salt.

Central Texan chiming in. We have entire cities and towns down here that do not have any water. Not, "boil your water before use"...(we have those, too). No. Water. Millions across the state still without power into the foreseeable future. Heads need to roll. ERCOT heads, specifically. None of this had to happen the way it's happening. Failure to require power providers to maintain a modicum of sound infrastructure. Failure to winterize the grid. Failure to accept responsibility. Fucking Failure after Failure after Failure.

Every weather forecast has been wrong. The frozen precip and cold just keep on comin'.

Texas has our own grid and is the single largest producer of energy of all 50 states and we can't keep the goddamn lights on? And Fuckwits are trying to blame frozen wind turbines in Big Springs and Sweetwater for this? There are functioning wind farms in Antarctica, so go fuck yourself with the "it's too cold" horseshit. I would hope that with The State Lege being currently in session that substantive changes will be made. But I doubt it. Time will tell.

Not to worry. The Texas Public Utility Commission had an emergency meeting night before last and arrived at the conclusion that energy costs need to reflect current demand so power providers are to jack up their prices forthwith.

Shady election, an inability to maintain the most basic architecture and infrastructure of a functioning civil society and government sanctioned price gouging.

These things should disabuse anyone still suffering under the delusion that the Political Class gives a solitary fuck about the citizenry of continuing to harbor such antiquated and quaint notions.

Move over, Third World. Big Dog's movin' in.

It's Biden's fault.

it is pretty bad. No power whatsoever on Monday, power is come and go Tuesday, no anticipated time for when everything will be back to normal. most stores and restaurants closed, the few that are open have huge lines, grocery store shelves are empty. It also varies. some places are more affected than others. Some people have no service disruption, some people have had nothing since Monday, some people have gas, some don't. It's definitely far worse than the past few hurricanes that have hit Texas. The weather was bad on Monday, Tuesday not as cold, it's supposed to start getting warmer. The power loss is out of proportion to the weather situation. As some posts mentioned on poal, the major energy suppliers are trying to push out the competition by bankrupting the small retail providers that have to provide energy to consumers at contract rates. In the end, we won't have dozens of retailers to choose from, the major suppliers are forming a cartel to fix the price of energy

Why are there rolling blackouts? Have power plants gone offline or been cut off from the grid?

Yes. Small town north of Houston. Our power was off from 5am Monday until 4pm Tuesday. it was 9 degrees overnight. No water pressure. We are fortunate to own a travel trailer. We were able to spend a few hours running the heater until the batteries were flat. and able to cook a meal on the propane cook top. We're being warned to 'prepare' for m ore 'rolling blackouts'.

We moved here from Colorado 4 years ago, so we also have plenty of heavy winter clothes to wear. But most of the people we see aren't wearing clothing adequate for this weather. It got up to 32 this afternoon, but the temp is dropping quickly. Forecast is for 18 tonight, and the same temps for the next 2 days.

There's burst water pipes all over the place. Personally know about 30 people with no water, rolling blackouts suck but not too bad to deal with if you have a generator.

My co worker in San Antonio has been out of power and water since Monday.