/PRNewswire/ The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) today announced the Centennial Cohort of the Blind Leaders Development Program, named as such as.
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Most Texas Power Grids Failing the Summer Heat Also Failed Winter Storms
On 7/9/21 at 12:04 AM EDT
The sweltering Texas heat is putting extreme strain on the same power grids that failed during February s deadly winter storms.
Newly released data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows that there have been a total of 1,280 summer power outages across the state. In addition, between June 14-18, 97 power plants had a total of 224 unplanned outages. Of those 97 plants, two-thirds went down during February s storms, according to KHOU.
Plants running off natural gas suffered the most, being responsible for 49 percent of all reduction in output, according to KHOU s investigation. Natural gas plants had a reduction of 8,894 megawatts during the June 14-18 span. Comparatively, 4,271 megawatts were unavailable from wind power and 2,098 megawatts were reduced from solar power, the station found.
ERCOT CEO Terminated After Deadly Winter Storm
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One of the biggest disasters was the lack of communication from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and its residents. Texans were kept entirely in the dark about the disaster that was happening right under their noses.
While temperatures began to fall below freezing and power began to trip off, Texans had no idea why and when they would get their electricity turned back on. Never in a million years would they have expected to be without a basic necessity like electricity more than a few hours, let alone days!
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