Solar panels are an excellent means of offsetting your energy costs. These panels can also reduce your environmental impact and provide you with numerous other benefits, such as contributing to energy independence. If you are looking to power your home with solar panels, you will need to know how many panels it takes to power an average house. 

Power system operators are supposed to anticipate strain on the grid during winter months and yet in Texas things didn't go as they should have, prompting blackouts. What went wrong and are there any similarities between events in Texas and the California blackouts from last summer?