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2025-01-09 06:52:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BF9E54CF48F9E36BC731F7E8E435E81CAB9AC27F1D87616B40D222E5E2EE527B
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In February 2021, winter weather crippled the Texas energy grid; it was 4 minutes and 37 seconds from complete failure, and at least 246 people were killed. Initially, Governor Greg Abbot falsely blamed frozen solar panels and wind turbines. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/02/texas-winter-storm-final-death-toll-246/ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/texas-power-outages-ercot/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/17/texas-abbott-wind-turbines-outages/
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