The incoming winter weather is causing painful flashbacks for people who lived in Texas in February 2021, when a deep freeze left millions without power. Vangregory Grinnon lives in Fort Worth but is currently visiting family in Florida.

That will allow at least some snow and ice to melt, something that did not happen for wide swaths of Texas during the 2021 winter weather event. Many parts of Texas remained below freezing for days.

Winter weather is in the forecast this week and after the Feb. 2021 storm that left millions of Texans in the dark, that means concerns about the power grid.

ERCOT officials reassure Texans the grid has enough power to meet demand during the winter storm. See the dashboard for grid status and conditions.

As winter weather moves into Texas this week, many are having flashbacks of 2021. Is the state's power grid ready for another winter storm?

This is different than in February 2021 when the there was a days long winter storm across the state. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the frigid temperatures lasted days in mid-February, with highs above freezing only once between Feb. 10 and Feb. 18.

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While ERCOT said it is prepared for the storm, there could be local outages in various counties. See maps of power outages across Texas.