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Five years after the Texas blackout, the power grid is now better equipped to handle winter storms, but what has not been fixed is also becoming clearer.

Temperatures aren't expected to rise above freezing until around noon Tuesday, but roads could refreeze overnight as they dip back below freezing overnight.

The winter storm warning stretches through Sunday at noon, but life threatening cold is expected to stick around until Monday.

Severe storms swept through North Texas on Sunday night, leaving over 47,000 residents without power and raising concerns about flash flooding. The storms, which began overnight, initially knocked out power to more than 90,000 customers, with outages peaking early Monday morning. Dallas and Tarrant counties were hit hardest.

North Texas saw severe weather earlier this month that left widespread damage and power outages.

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth issued a cold weather advisory through 10 a.m. Monday morning as temperatures plunged. Oncor is reporting more than 5,000 North Texans are without power.

A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

The company’s power outages in July have drawn the ire of state leaders. Here’s what you need to know.

The Houston utility company told investors during a Tuesday conference call that its total restoration costs for the hurricane and derecho windstorm in May are estimated to be at least $1.6 billion, which likely will result in a 2% increase to Houston-area customers' bills for a period of 15 years.

Jason Wells told senators that, were he to resign now, it would set back the utility’s efforts to fix the worst problems hurting ratepayers at the height of the hurricane season.

Repairing electricity infrastructure after storms usually costs customers. So could strengthening it before the next weather event.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the Houston area. Around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power a week after Hurricane Beryl.