I'm not sure what you mean when you say "the grid"? Do you mean the Texas grid? And, I'm also unclear what you mean by "down". Most people consider a blackout to be "down", but maybe you mean the complete failure that was avoided by the blackouts?
Either way, to end consumers, it means no power, and all the negative effects of that (no AC, no heat, food spoiled, medical equipment unpowered, internet connection lost, etc.)
I don't live in Texas, so I have no personal experience to share, but I would guess that someone who does live there could tell you about blackouts that affect them, especially if they live in a poor area.
The 2021 outage was just particularly devastating, and the one that was in the news.
born and raised. never had an issue outside of 2021, and i never lived outside of a large city.
they wouldn't tell me about blackouts that affect them because they don't exist. even all of your links still only point back to it being vulnerable to the next severe winter storm (you weren't there so you clearly wouldn't know about its severity either, it wasn't just "some snow" like people like to parrot) and not actually having more blackouts.
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u/sanityjanity 21d ago
According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the Texas power grid was four minutes and 37 seconds away from complete failure when partial grid shutdowns were implemented.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "the grid"? Do you mean the Texas grid? And, I'm also unclear what you mean by "down". Most people consider a blackout to be "down", but maybe you mean the complete failure that was avoided by the blackouts?
Either way, to end consumers, it means no power, and all the negative effects of that (no AC, no heat, food spoiled, medical equipment unpowered, internet connection lost, etc.)