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Texas and California Blackouts Show We Need Dramatic Infrastructure Upgrades

Texas and California Blackouts Show We Need Dramatic Infrastructure Upgrades A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021, in Houston, Texas. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Over a period of about six months, the United States suffered two extreme weather events that had the same outcome: widespread energy disruptions through rolling power outages that left people dangerously vulnerable to the elements. Last August, a powerful heat wave knocked out electricity for millions of Californians in what was the first statewide set of power outages in some 20 years. This past February, a brutal and deadly cold snap in Texas caused rolling blackouts, leaving millions of Texans without the usual means to stay warm.

Why did we get a conserve energy alert from ERCOT?

Why did we get a conserve energy alert from ERCOT? Molly Oak Replay Video UP NEXT Tuesday s temperature was in the 80s, which many Texans would not consider hot. However, ERCOT sent out alerts and calls for conservation, bringing many of us back to memories of the February freeze.  It s PTSD. It doesn t feel good. It doesn t look good, said Joshua Rhodes, a research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin.  KVUE spoke with Rhodes to better understand why ERCOT sent out an alert on Tuesday.  ERCOT has multiple levels of emergency conditions, said Rhodes. They have three levels of what they call energy emergency alerts, and we got close to EEA or energy emergency alert level one.  

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