AUSTIN — Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze continued to mount Wednesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat — out since Monday in many homes — would return soon or stay on once it finally does.
"I know people are angry and frustrated," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Tuesday. "So am I."
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