Rapid Readout: Frozen Infrastructure Winter Storm Impacts on Communities and the Power Grid

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a Rapid Readout on energy resilience and recovery after Winter Storm Fern in late January. Many on the East Coast and in the South took weeks to dig out from this storm. Homes and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee were without electricity for more than a week, leaving residents in life-threatening situations. Building on lessons from past devastating winter storms, such as Winter Storm Uri that impacted Texas in February 2021, this Rapid Readout examined Fern's impacts on power grids and potential resilient solutions to help residents weather future storms.

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Rapid Readout: Frozen Infrastructure Winter Storm Impacts on Communities and the Power Grid is an episode from Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) by Carol Werner.

This episode is 39:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 20, 2026.

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