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New numbers by the Texas Department State Health Services found that February’s extreme winter storm killed many more Texans than initially reported. New totals show 111 Texas deaths are linked to the extreme weather event, double the number previously reported. In North Texas, 11 deaths are believed to be linked to the storm. The Houston …

The board that oversees ERCOT held an urgent meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the winter storm that crippled most of Texas last week. They offered apologies for the devastation the power outages have caused and pledged to gather the facts to help lawmakers determine how to prevent it from ever happening again. ERCOT’s CEO, Bill …

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Updated throughout at 6:18 p.m. AUSTIN — Five board members of the state’s power grid operator, including chairwoman Sally Talberg, announced their resignation Tuesday, a week after power outages left millions across Texas shivering in their homes during severe winter storms and state officials criticized …

• The high in College Station was 31, which tied the city’s record for coldest high temperature, set in 1895. Monday • ERCOT begins rolling power outages at 1:25 a.m. as almost 34,000 megawatts of power are forced off the system. Local utility companies tried to keep rolling outages to 15-45 minutes, but some outages …

UPDATE: 6:07 a.m.ERCOT officials said Wednesday morning that they were able to direct utilities to restore power to 600,000 households last night. While progress is being made, 2.7 million households were still without power across Texas. Some generation is slowly returning. ERCOT was able to direct utilities to restore 600,000 households last night. 2.7 million households still …