Academic research
The Timeline and Events of the February 2021 Texas Electric Grid Blackouts
University of Texas Energy Institute
Where this source supports the record
Each entry separates the article’s editorial relevance note from its exact, section-level claims. A bibliography link without a direct claim is labeled plainly.
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Engineering failures · 13–19 February 2021Open article references →
The 2021 Texas Power Crisis
ERCOT control region and statewide outage area · United States
Why editors use it hereIndependent multidisciplinary analysis of grid, gas, markets, water, impacts, and policy.
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During Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, extreme cold disabled power plants, natural-gas production, fuel delivery, and instruments across Texas.
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Trigger and conditions
Arctic air brought prolonged temperatures far below regional design assumptions.
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Uncertainty
Texas's official storm-related death toll is 246, but academic excess-mortality estimates are higher because indirect deaths are difficult to identify.
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Why it matters
The crisis was not caused by one technology.
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