[Episode #145] – A Slow Take on the Texas Blackout
Publisher |
XE Network
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Energy
Interview
Technology
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Apr 14, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:34:12
In this first part of a two-part interview, we look at the global expectations for and production of hydrogen, and its potential role in energy transition.
In the middle of February 2021, an Arctic cold front wreaked havoc on Texas, causing a blackout that plunged more than 4 million customers into darkness and cold during single-digit temperatures. The crisis led to the deaths of nearly 200 people and an estimated $50 billion changed hands, saddling millions of customers, including ones in neighboring states, with unexpected excess costs. What happened in Texas is an incredibly complex story involving many factors, from a simple lack of weatherization, to flaws in the state’s electricity market structure, to failed governance. And untangling that story, and identifying ways to prevent such a crisis from ever happening again, is a complex task. To help us with it, we invited several Energy Transition Show alumni—journalist Russell Gold of the Wall Street Journal, professor Emily Grubert of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and legal scholar Ari Peskoe of Harvard Law School—to join us in a four-way conversation that explores all the angles.

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