prices on the open energy marke. Meanwhile, across the country, there's concern of the American power grids condition. Kevin Uretsky takes a closer look at the calls for action, plus ramped up efforts to save lives amid the surging temperatures. The situation is growing more dire for thousands of Texans baking under the summer sun, with roughly 270,000 homes and businesses still without power. A week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Gulf Coast, CenterPoint has completely dropped the ball. The prolonged outages are, prompting criticism from local leaders demanding answers from utility providers. I will be prepared to swiftly issue an executive order establishing the guidelines that I think are most important to ensure that there will not be another disaster caused by lack of power. This is infrastructure experts say outages like these serve as a reminder of how reliant we are on the power grid, and how vulnerable it can be to the elements. So the grid is power plants, plus the wires, plus the transformers, all the way down to the buildings or the end user. But many components of power grids across the country are decades old and need major improvements to withstand storms. So some of this is putting power lines underground so they're less susceptible to high winds. Upgrading people's home energy systems, lacking power for air conditioners or fans during bouts of extreme heat can be dangerous. To better respond to victims suffering heat related illnesses, emergency response teams like the Las Vegas Henderson Fire Department have added polar pods to their arsenal, with patients exhibiting exertional heat stroke. They're going to be hot. They're going to have internal body temperatures of 105. We want to be able to rapidly cool their body temperature