Winter storm tests US electric grid as outages spread

January 26, 2026

The winter storm that stretched across half the country knocked out electricity to more than a million customers on Sunday, sending utilities scrambling to restore power ahead of the sub-freezing temperatures set to descend on tens of millions of people this week.

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