{"id":401555,"date":"2021-02-22T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T06:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=401555"},"modified":"2021-02-22T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T06:28:39","slug":"why-a-predictable-cold-snap-crippled-the-texas-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/why-a-predictable-cold-snap-crippled-the-texas-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a predictable cold snap crippled the Texas power grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n<p>Wind turbines in the state\u2019s northern Panhandle locked up. Natural gas plants shut down when frozen pipes and components shut off fuel flow. A South Texas nuclear reactor went dark after a five-foot section of uninsulated pipe seized up. Power outages quickly spread statewide &#8211; leaving millions shivering in their homes for days, with deadly consequences.<\/p>\n<p>It could have been far worse: Before dawn on Monday, the state\u2019s grid operator was \u201cseconds and minutes\u201d away from an uncontrolled blackout for its 26 million customers, its CEO has said. Such a collapse occurs when operators lose the ability to manage the crisis through rolling blackouts; in such cases, it can take weeks or months to fully restore power to customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state\u2019s power grid. Wind turbines in the state\u2019s northern Panhandle locked up. Natural gas plants shut down when frozen pipes and components shut off fuel flow. A South Texas nuclear reactor went dark after a five-foot section of uninsulated pipe seized up. Power outages quickly spread statewide &#8211; leaving millions shivering in their homes for days, with deadly consequences. It could have been far worse: Before dawn on Monday, the state\u2019s grid operator was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-power-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}