"Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat, frustration and boredom" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sunday was the family’s seventh day without power at their home on the east side of Houston …
By Arathy Somasekhar, Marianna Parraga and Curtis Williams Texas power outages hinder Hurricane Beryl recovery, delay oil infrastructure restarts HOUSTON, - About 1.65 million customers remained without power in the U.S. state of Texas on Wednesday, two days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, as progress to restore electricity was slow the night before, hampering efforts to quickly restart critical oil …