The Timeline and Events of the February 2021 Texas Electric Grid Blackouts

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This report recounts the factors contributing to the disruptions in electricity and natural gas service in Texas during Winter Storm Uri, with a particular focus on the outages in electrical service in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region during the period from February 15-18, 2021. In pursuing this report’s objective, the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin assembled a team of faculty and researchers to identify and review credible sources of data in an attempt to provide a factual account of what happened and what went wrong during the winter storm. The report provide … continued below

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University of Texas at Austin July 2021.

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This report recounts the factors contributing to the disruptions in electricity and natural gas service in Texas during Winter Storm Uri, with a particular focus on the outages in electrical service in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region during the period from February 15-18, 2021. In pursuing this report’s objective, the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin assembled a team of faculty and researchers to identify and review credible sources of data in an attempt to provide a factual account of what happened and what went wrong during the winter storm.
The report provide recommendations, but to create a common basis of fact to educate the debate over policy changes under consideration as a response to the winter storm. The report specifically limited the scope of this report to the events and economic impacts of February 2021, including a comparison to previous winter storm blackouts of 1989 and 2011. To provide additional historical context, the report include an appendix that describes the long-term evolution of the ERCOT electricity market. This report is not intended to comprehensively address all issues stemming from such a complex event, but can inform future assessments.

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"A report by a committee of faculty and staff at The University of Texas at Austin."

Contents: Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Timeline of Events Related to February 2021 ERCOT Blackouts -- 3. Electricity and Natural Gas Financial Flows and Prices -- 4. A comparison to Winter Events in 2011 and 1989 -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Conflict of Interest Statements -- References -- Appendix A. Short History of Texas Electric Grid and ERCOT: From the Beginning to 2021 -- Appendix B. Internal ERCOT Meteorological Discussions Before the Storm -- Appendix C. Generator Outages Relative to Time Reaching Freezing Temperature -- Appendix D. Texas Natural Gas Balance -- Appendix E. Other (non-energy) Infrastructures Impacted from Storm: Water and Housing

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University of Texas at Austin. The Timeline and Events of the February 2021 Texas Electric Grid Blackouts, report, July 2021; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1435563/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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