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Texas’ utility regulators on Thursday are set to discuss their plan to improve the reliability of the state’s electricity grid as the hottest days of the summer approach.

Texas officials on Tuesday have now confirmed 210 people died in the Feb. 14 cold wave and ensuing collapse of the Texas electric power grid.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas released a new plan Tuesday aimed at making the state’s power grid more reliable. It comes on the heels of the massive winter power outages and recent warnings about power shortages on hot days in June.

The group that manages the Texas power grid released a comprehensive plan Tuesday to address the grid, including legislative changes, objectives outlined by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and other reforms.

The Texas Public Utility Commission has lifted a moratorium on utility disconnections. So what are your rights if you are behind on your bill?

The Texas Public Utility Commission has lifted a moratorium on utility disconnections. So what are your rights if you are behind on your bill?

ERCOT’s call for Texans to conserve energy continues in an effort to ward off the possibility of rolling outages.

The Texas Baptist Men have been working to help rebuild North Texas churches after February’s winter storm burst pipes and caused flooding.

A private company that took over power transmission and distribution in Puerto Rico this month has struggled with widespread outages and growing anger as it scrambled Thursday to control a large fire at a main substation that left hundreds of thousands of clients in the dark.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed two bills Tuesday related to the February winter storm that left millions of people in the Lone Star State powerless for days as temperatures in North Texas dropped near or below zero.

A report released Wednesday by the authority that regulates electric reliability in North America warns that Texas is at an “elevated risk” of energy shortages and potential power outages this summer.

Texas power companies promised to fix problems to prevent more power outages during a winter storm in 2011. But it happened again this year.

Why were Texans caught off guard by the massive power outages during February’s winter storm?

NBC 5 Investigates traveled to a frigid wind farm to see how Texas could make wind power more reliable before the next winter storm.

NBC5 investigates traveled to a frigid wind farm to see how Texas could make wind power more reliable before the next winter storm.

Robert T. Garrett with The Dallas Morning News joins NBC 5 to discuss the Texas Legislature’s biggest answer yet to weaknesses exposed by the February winter storm.

In its annual summer outlook report released Thursday, ERCOT says the power grid will be ready to handle record-breaking demand for power forecasted this summer.

ERCOT is bracing for surge in demand for power this summer. The annual summer outlook reassures ERCOT will be ready to meet that demand. NBC 5’s Lili Zheng reports ERCOT has outlined some extreme scenarios.

The Texas House passed a plan to help pay for the weatherization of power plants across the state.