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Why The Texas Power Grid Crashed Leaving 4 Million Without Electricity Why The Texas Power Grid Crashed Leaving 4 Million Without Electricity The immediate question facing the Texas power sector is whether its participants are willing to pay for winterization measures that are common farther north, even for a once-in-a-decade spell of weather.
Updated: February 17, 2021 9:34 am IST
Four million Texans have been without power after the grid crashed
When it gets really cold, it can be hard to produce electricity, as customers in Texas and neighboring states are finding out. But it s not impossible. Operators in Alaska, Canada, Maine, Norway and Siberia do it all the time.
The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather Will Englund
Replay Video UP NEXT When it gets really cold, it can be hard to produce electricity, as customers in Texas and neighboring states are finding out. But it’s not impossible. Operators in Alaska, Canada, Maine, Norway and Siberia do it all the time. What has sent Texas reeling is not an engineering problem, nor is it the frozen wind turbines blamed by prominent Republicans. It is a financial structure for power generation that offers no incentives to power plant operators to prepare for winter. In the name of deregulation and free markets, critics say, Texas has created an electric grid that puts an emphasis on cheap prices over reliable service.
The Texas power grid, entirely contained within the state to avoid federal regulation, is facing renewed scrutiny after buckling under four days of sub-freezing temperatures. "Far too many Texans are without power and heat for their homes," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Tuesday. "This is unacceptable," and the Texas government and legislature must find ways "ensure that our state never experiences power outages like this again." This isn't the.
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