Winterization and the Texas Blackout: Fail to Prepare? Prepare to Fail
Most places prepare for the cold by protecting their critical infrastructure from freezing up. Texas does not. Lax regulation exposed electricity producers—and their customers—to failures that killed off all four of Texas’ top generating types: natural gas, wind, coal and nuclear. We look at each technology to show what failed. We also show how more cautious jurisdictions routinely deal with the problems that took Texas offline. Continue Reading