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Extreme Weather Outages in Texas Prompt Questions About Grid Reliability in the Northwest

March 01, 2021
Carol Winkel

Power Division Director Ben Kujala added his perspective to news coverage on the outages in Texas from extreme winter weather last month:

Storms caused blackouts in Oregon and Texas, but their power grids are vastly different (KGW)
Advocates Call For Updated Power Infrastructure In Light Of Weather-Related Outages (NPR)

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