"The grid is ready, and the lights will stay on for Texans," Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. He said earlier in the day that ERCOT "doesn't anticipate any rolling blackouts at all.

"Weather forecasts show a deep freeze in the Lone Star State through Saturday. Average temperatures have dove from 60 degrees Ferinhight on Jan. 31 to as low as 25 degrees Ferinhight on Friday. An ice storm is also hitting the state and will continue through the end of the week.

Brrr it's cold out!

Cold air is plunging southward across Texas. It was 72 F at 4 a.m. CST in Brownsville, TX, and the temp there at 7 a.m. CST was 47 F: https://t.co/CTJHkm6Y8M

Follow live updates on the winter storm: https://t.co/FcS0AuGv8b pic.twitter.com/hEgfCVRRIx

— Breaking Weather by AccuWeather (@breakingweather) February 3, 2022