DOE rejected Houston grid improvement a year before Hurricane Beryl blackout

July 15, 2024

The Biden administration rejected a request from Houston’s power utility last year for $100 million to strengthen its electric poles and wires against the type of hurricane winds and flooding that knocked out power to millions of people this week, a utility document shows.

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