text: When the power went out, Texas oil and gas regulators rushed to defend the industry's image | News | weatherforddemocrat.com
  Power plants initially tripped offline due to freezing conditions that plants were not built to withstand. Then some began to face fuel shortages. In many cases, there wasn't enough natural gas flowing through the pipes during the storm to power plants, even if they could run. A decades-long trend of electrifying natural gas fuel facilities meant that when ERCOT implemented power outages to prevent the complete collapse of the grid, the outages inadvertently choked off fuel for plants that could have returned power to homes.
  "When the power went out, Texas oil and gas regulators rushed to defend the industry's image" was first published at https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/05/texas-regulators-winter-storm/ by The Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is proud to celebrate 10 years of exceptional journalism for an exceptional state.