{"id":53135,"date":"2022-02-02T09:39:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=a6314a6ccbf903d4d3fe6a5812f0a1cf"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:39:37","slug":"a-deepfreeze-is-coming-to-texas-and-no-one-knows-if-the-power-grid-is-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=53135","title":{"rendered":"A deepfreeze is coming to Texas, and no one knows if the power grid is ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Narrator: it isn't. \n\nIf the power companies were extractive enough to decline standard strip-heaters in equipment before, they've pocketed most of the repair money and slapped a band-aid on it.<\/div>
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, during a press conference at the Capitol on June 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas. He signed two bills into law to reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. (credit: Montinique Monroe\/Getty Images)<\/p> <\/figure>

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Nearly one year ago, the state of Texas suffered a debilitating power outage to its independent power grid amidst one of the coldest Arctic freezes in decades.<\/p>\n

During this power outage crisis, 246 people died, and homeowners and businesses suffered an estimated $200 billion in damages as pipes froze, melted, and then burst. In the aftermath of this crisis, the Republican-led legislature vowed to shore up the state's power grid. Critics, however, said the state officials only took care of the power companies at taxpayers' expense and left power-generating facilities at risk to extreme cold.<\/p>\n

Now, we may be about to find out the truth of the matter.<\/p><\/div>

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Enlarge \/ Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, during a press conference at the Capitol on…<\/p>\n

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