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Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say - Dallas Examiner

By ERIN DOUGLAS, KATE MCGEE and JOLIE MCCULLOUGH The Texas Tribune As Texas faced record-low temperatures this February and snow and ice made roads impassable, the state’s electric grid operator lost control of [...]

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