Hurricane Beryl proves the need for reliable low-emissions emergency power in Texas

When Hurricane Beryl hit Texas at 4 a.m. on Monday, July 8, citizens braced for more than just terrible weather. The Category 1 storm, visible from space, knocked out power for more than 2 million Texans. Even five days after landfall, more than 800,000 people still lacked power in the Houston area, with hundreds of thousands of outages expected to persist into the following week. Beryl is expected to cost up to $32 billion in economic losses, much of which is due to the power outages. As power outages…