Since a massive winter storm wiped out power to much of Texas in 2021, winter weather often leads to questions about the state’s power grid. But the grid was holding strong Thursday, with plenty of reserve power available, more than 12 hours into a storm that blanketed the DFW area with sleet and snow. Throughout the afternoon Thursday, ERCOT’s grid condition tracker reported about 10,000 megawatts of reserve power, meaning significant excess supply was available to meet the demand despite the cold weather. Any power outages occurring in neighborhoods would be caused by local issues like ice on power lines and not by problems with the statewide grid. Oncor, the Dallas-based company that operates the transmission lines in most of the DFW area, was reporting a small number of outages Thursday afternoon, affecting only about 600-2,000 customers at any given time, out of more than 4 million. In the days leading up to the snow and sleet, ERCOT anticipated that statewide grid conditions would remain normal. The blast of cold hitting the state this week is much lighter than winter storm Uri, the 2021 storm that brought sub-zero temperatures to the state, wreaking havoc on power plants. However, analysts…

One of the victims who died in the suspected terror attack in New Orleans in the early morning on New Year’s Day has been identified as 27-year-old Tiger Bech. Bech played football at Princeton University and was the brother of current TCU wide receiver Jack Bech. On Wednesday night, the brothers’ Louisiana hometown came together to pay tribute to Bech’s memory. At Saint Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, family and friends wiped away tears and sang worship songs together, honoring one of the victims of an attack that has left the country shaken. “It’s not the biggest community, but we’re a very tight-knit community,” said Marty Cannon, Principal of STM. “So any time we lose one of our alumni it’s a big deal and it’s felt by many.” Loved ones said 27-year-old Tiger Bech died after being hit by the suspect who drove a truck into the crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans hours into the new year. Bech graduated from Saint Thomas More in 2015 and went on to play football at Princeton. Those who knew him said he was back in Louisiana for the holidays when he fell victim to the attack. “As soon as…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in an effort to prevent transgender women from competing in women’s college sports. In the 57-page filing, Paxton alleges that the NCAA engaged in deception by marketing sporting events as women’s but allowing “mixed sex competitions” where “biological males compete against biological females.” He argues that transgender women competing in women’s sports is “inherently unfair and unsafe” because of “physiological advantages.” The lawsuit also argues that the NCAA failed to disclose which participants are transgender women, which he claims further misleads people. “The NCAA is intentionally and knowingly jeopardizing the safety and wellbeing of women by deceptively changing women’s competitions into co-ed competitions,” Paxton said. “When people watch a women’s volleyball game, for example, they expect to see women playing against other women—not biological males pretending to be something they are not. Radical ‘gender theory’ has no place in college sports.” Paxton has requested that the court grant a permanent injunction to prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s sporting events in Texas or to cease marketing events as women’s sports. Courtesy of Texas News – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth …