As millions of Texans struggle with bitter cold temperatures and power outages, some may be reminded of the rolling blackouts Californians saw last summer when the region was hit with triple-digit temperatures.
It s as if the situation is playing out in reverse: while some states struggle when temperatures soar, others struggle when they plummet. It is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of event, but to some extent, it was predictable, said Sadrul Ula, a faculty researcher with UC Riverside s Center for Environmental Research and Technology.
Ula said that just like the power infrastructure in California isn t built to deal with abnormal situations in the energy market, the same is true in Texas. He said part of the problem is that it s just not cost effective for the industry to deal with these kinds of emergencies.
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