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Energy Level
| 题名： | Energy Level |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Jim Redden |
| 摘要： | Being a leading producer of any commodity means little if you're unable to faithfully distribute it to your customers. The state of Texas failed that elementary business principle in spectacular fashion during February's historic deep freeze. Wholesale disruptions to the independently operated power grid of the nation's leading oil, natural gas and wind energy producer left up to 4.5 million Texans without heat just as the state was gripped in a freakish winter storm the week of Feb. 14. Temperatures in Houston, a city that is obviously unaccustomed and unprepared to cope with sustained subfreezing conditions, fell to 13°F at one point with many without power for most of the week. The finger-pointing began almost immediately, with the middle digit pointed squarely at the now absurdly sounding Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which is responsible for managing power distribution across 90% of the state. Under the control of the gubernatorial-appointed Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUC), ERCOT said it was forced to cut power as an unprecedented spike in demand and frozen fuel supplies put the entire grid on the verge of a wholesale collapse that would have taken months to restore. As it was, it was the domino effect, with generators across the state knocked offline. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Work Boat |
| 卷： | 78 |
| 期： | 4 |
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