Rolling coverage of the February 2021 rolling blackouts and the energy grid in the USA
Also see: load shedding
Headlines
The Two Hours That Nearly Destroyed Texas’s Electric Grid
Beto O’Rourke said Texas was warned for years about power grid – PoliFact
Biden declares major disaster in Texas after winter storms
A Dangerous Narrative Emerges In The Wake Of Texas Power Blackouts – Forbes
In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once
‘Soviet-style’ system led to Texas grid fiasco, expert says
Why the Texas power grid is struggling to cope with the extreme cold
Texas governor calls for emergency probe into state’s power grid
Key Links
Electric Reliability Council of Texas – @ercot_iso
poweroutage.us/area/state/texas – @PowerOutage_us
Videos
Bitter recriminations in Texas after millions left without power and clean water
Embedded Tweets
A short thread of Texas Republicans sharing their thoughts on rolling blackouts elsewhere
Ted Cruz
How Ted Cruz’s ill-fated trip to Cancun blew up from Twitter rumor to major scandal
Planeta