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The swanky hotel’s rooms offer floor-to-ceiling windows, beds wrapped in 400-count Egyptian sheets and private balconies overlooking the azure waters of the Caribbean along the barrier isle.

Texas’ power grid is running at normal operations, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said on a conference call Friday morning.  

Both benchmark contracts rallied to 13-month highs on Thursday driven by the historic freeze in U.S. southern states

A deadly winter storm continues to leave nearly half a million Texans in the dark, including farmers who are heavily affected by the frigid weather.

Duke Energy Corporation predicted Wednesday that conditions from the latest winter storm could result in nearly one million power outages, with some lasting over a span of days. 

The Federal Aviation Administration also issued a notice for the entire mid-Atlantic region.

State utilities will likely hike bills after this year, both to pay for the record price spikes and to fund updates to Texas's grid

Frigid temperatures knocked out electricity across Texas and resulted in one of the largest U.S. oil production disruptions ever. 

Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister, who lives in Houston, said on Wednesday that he has been without power for two days following the “brutal” winter storm in Texas.

Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Wednesday explained why it couldn't handle this week's winter storm in the state. 

Oil prices have run up strongly in recent months and supply disruptions caused by a historic winter storm in Texas

More than 4 million Texans are reported to be without power Tuesday as temperatures remain well below freezing across the state, leaving residents scrambling for warmth. 

The company didn't specify which cities are seeing the greatest impacts as a result of the winter storms that continue to bring freezing rain, snow and subfreezing temperatures to areas of the U.S. from Oregon, the Midwest, southern Plains to the Deep South.

The Arkansas-based retailer, which also owns and operates Sam's Clubs, will assess the status of its facilities and will only continue to operate "as long as it is safe to do so," Walmart wrote. 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) told the Austin American Statesman that roughly 12,000 megawatts of Texas' wind generation capacity has been hampered as of Sunday due to frozen wind turbines.

As a winter storm slams the state of Texas, some of the largest oil refineries in North America are shutting down in response to the frigid temperatures.

The way Texas prices its electricity, via an auction system, has contributed to skyrocketing costs as inclement weather sweeps across the state.

In Texas power grids are frozen as a rare winter storm paralyzes the region.

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport tweeted Monday morning that all of its scheduled flights have been canceled to the ice and snow. 

A foot or more could be on the ground in New England by the time the snow finally tapers off in the northernmost states by Wednesday.