# Winter Storm Uri hits Texas energy and livestock

> Grid failures shut refineries and gas production; natural gas spot prices spike.

- Date: 2021-02-15 · published 2021-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US South
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14-winter-storm-uri-hits-texas-energy-and-livestock
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-17 | 5 | +612.2% | 18.2 | Winter Storm Uri froze wellheads and gathering systems, cutting Texas and Mid-Continent gas production just as heating demand surged, which drove the extreme spot natural gas price spike over the window ending 2021-02-17. |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-16 | 1 | +85.0% | 6.7 | Winter Storm Uri froze Texas wellheads and cut gas production just as heating and power demand surged, so the supply shock and demand spike sent natural gas spot prices sharply higher. |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-17 | 5 | +184.4% | 14.7 | Winter Storm Uri froze wellheads and gathering systems, cutting Texas and Mid-Continent gas production just as heating demand surged, which drove the extreme spot natural gas price spike over the window ending 2021-02-17. |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-16 | 1 | +41.0% | 6.3 | Winter Storm Uri froze Texas wellheads and cut gas production just as heating and power demand surged, so the supply shock and demand spike sent natural gas spot prices sharply higher. |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-18 | 1 | -64.1% | -7.1 | Winter Storm Uri produced an extreme short-lived spike in spot natural gas prices from freeze-offs and heating demand, and the -64% one-day drop on 2021-02-18 is most plausibly the collapse of that spike as temperatures moderated and supply and demand normalized. |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-18 | 1 | -41.4% | -6.6 | Winter Storm Uri produced an extreme short-lived spike in spot natural gas prices from freeze-offs and heating demand, and the -64% one-day drop on 2021-02-18 is most plausibly the collapse of that spike as temperatures moderated and supply and demand normalized. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2026-01-23 | [US energy sector braces for winter storm as crude and natural gas output fall \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4761-us-energy-sector-braces-for-winter-storm-as-crude-and-natural-gas-output-fall.md) | -2.8% | -52.5% |
| NATGAS | 2021-03-10 | [ERCOT Tracker: Power, gas prices hit records during Feb. 14 winter storm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48288-ercot-tracker-power-gas-prices-hit-records-during-feb-14-winter-storm.md) | -4.2% | -6.3% |
| NATGAS | 2022-11-08 | [Winter could soon rear its ugly head, pushing prices up despite healthy storage - Rystad Energy’s North America Gas and LNG Market Note](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7581-winter-could-soon-rear-its-ugly-head-pushing-prices-up-despite-healthy-storage.md) | +7.4% | -11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2025-02-21 | [Storms Cause Freeze-Offs, Send US Gas to Two-Year High \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8694-storms-cause-freeze-offs-send-us-gas-to-two-year-high-energy-intelligence.md) | -18.8% | -15.1% |
| NATGAS | 2023-01-03 | [Warm Winter Weather Pushes US Natgas Prices Lower \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9186-warm-winter-weather-pushes-us-natgas-prices-lower-energy-intelligence.md) | -4.8% | -32.8% |
| DIESEL | 2026-02-02 | [Market Talk \| Energy Markets Stumble As Diesel Plunges And Winter Storms Stress The Grid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5920-market-talk-energy-markets-stumble-as-diesel-plunges-and-winter-storms-stress.md) | -8.6% | +13.1% |
| DIESEL | 2026-01-23 | [US energy sector braces for winter storm as crude and natural gas output fall \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4761-us-energy-sector-braces-for-winter-storm-as-crude-and-natural-gas-output-fall.md) | +8.1% | +12.1% |
| DIESEL | 2026-01-27 | [Transatlantic Diesel Spread Surges as Winter Storm Disrupts US - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21243-transatlantic-diesel-spread-surges-as-winter-storm-disrupts-us-bloomberg.md) | -4.8% | +12.0% |

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis

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