//EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond

EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond

Video above: Grid manager says outages spared Texas bigger disasterThe power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather’s seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable — conditions that most experts believe no longer exist.This isn’t just happening in Texas, of course. Utilities from Minnesota to Mississippi have imposed rolling blackouts to ease the strain