Disproportionate energy disruptions afflicted rural Hispanic households during winter storm Uri
Ashwin Kumar,
Tyler H Ruggles,
Edgar Virgüez
Abstract:This perspective investigates the impacts of disparate energy disruptions during Winter Storm Uri, which in 2021 caused severe power outages across the state of Texas leading to numerous deaths and billions of dollars of damage to property and infrastructure. The paper focuses on the potential injustice along ethnic lines in the distribution of power outages across the state. By analyzing data from the hourly rate of power outages aggregated by counties in Texas we find that among rural populations, Hispanic h… Show more
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