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System Failure - Texas Blackout of 2021
In System Failure - Texas Blackout of 2021, you'll learn ...
- What happened to the Texas natural gas and electric systems during the February 2021 winter storm
- The electric utility structure in Texas and the system conditions, planning, and preparation for winter events
- How an electric system responds to extreme events
- Lessons learned from this event that are pertinent to not only Texas but the entire U.S. electric system.
Overview
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Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 87 pages
For almost eleven days in February of 2021, the entire state of Texas was at risk of losing electric power and natural gas to millions of customers.
This event was caused by exceptional long-lasting and widespread cold weather as well as a lack of preparation for an extreme cold weather event.
This course explains what happened to the Texas natural gas and electric systems during this winter storm and the resulting lessons learned that may help minimize the impacts of future events.
The course has five chapters:- Chapter One describes the system conditions, planning, and preparation for winter events.
- Chapter Two describes the status of the electric and gas facilities leading up to the event.
- Chapter Three is a timeline of activities and issues for the period of February 8th through the 13th.
- Chapter Four continues the timeline describing the activities during the most critical period of the event, which was from February 14th through the 19th.
- Chapter Five provides key findings and recommendations to prevent or minimize the impact of future winter storms.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the electric utility structure in Texas.
- Identify the types of generation resources available in Texas.
- Explain the unique characteristics of the Texas electric utility structure.
- Describe how the natural gas industry prepares for winter weather.
- Identify shortcomings in ERCOT winter planning assessments.
- Explain the processes used by ERCOT to maintain system stability.
- Describe the energy emergency alert protocols.
- Identify the components of the natural gas supply system and its weaknesses.
- Explain how natural gas outages progressed during the event.
- Describe how wind-turbine generators were affected by the event.
- Explain how natural-gas-fired generators were affected by the event.
- Describe the importance of frequency control for system stability.
- Explain how ERCOT operators avoided a complete system failure.
- Summarize lessons learned from the event.
- Identify actions needed to minimize a recurrence of the event.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
| This course is applicable to professional engineers in: | ||
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 87 pages
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