What the Great Texas Freeze Taught Us with Two Bits da Vinci

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What the Great Texas Freeze Taught Us with Two Bit da Vinci

Find out why ERCOT failed during the 2021 winter storm, sending millions into the dark.
You'll learn how the poewr grid works and understand why backup power is critical for severe weather.

Estimated Time:

40 Min

Difficulty:

Passing Criteria:

80% or higher quiz score.

A Message From Your Instructor

Hi I’m Ricky from the YouTube Channel Two Bit da Vinci. In this course, we’re doing a deep dive into the Texas Deep Freeze power outage in 2021. This will help us figure out how the power grid grid works and what actually went wrong. Case studies, like this one, can help us better understand and be better prepared in the future, because knowledge is power.

— Two Bit da Vinci

You'll Learn About

US Power Grid

Disccover what makes Texas unique.

Delve into the reasons behind the blackout.

ERCOT Failure

Identify why Texas failed to keep the lights on.

Backup Power Importance

Learn how you can prevent outages with backup power.

What You've Learned

Here are the key takeaways of the course in a quick, practical, and ready-to-use outline.

How the Power Grid Works

You examined what makes Texas unique in the US power grid.

The US has three power grids: the Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection, and ERCOT for most of Texas.

ERCOT operates independently from the rest of the country to avoid federal regulations.

Texas is unable to import electricity from other states during emergencies.

Power grids must balance supply and demand in real time to avoid cascading failures.

What Caused the 2021 Texas Blackout

You learned the specific sources of power failure due to the storm.

The historic winter storm brought record-breaking cold.

Multiple sources of power failed simultaneously.

Natural gas froze or couldn't be delivered

Wind turbines froze.

Coal and nuclear power plants partially shut down.

Why ERCOT Struggled During the Storm

You identified the reasons why the ERCOT power grid failed.

Infrastastructure wasn't winterized for freezing temperatures.

Natural gas systems relied on in-time delivery and weren't built for the cold.

ERCOT's grid is isolated, so it couldn't import electricity.

A lack of connection in extreme weather is dangerous.

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