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> Now that statement would make sense if 'extreme cold weather' had caused problems in other parts of the USA. In 2014 the polar vortex brought power down acro

> Now that statement would make sense if 'extreme cold weather' had caused problems in other parts of the USA. In 2014 the polar vortex brought power down across the Eastern Interconnection (citation 13) and again in 2018 (citation 10). > That suggest to me the national regulator has these extreme weather events covered. There currently are not standards for winter weatherization. In 2013 standards were proposed for this however they were rejected (citation 15). Finally in 2020 standards started the approval process however they wont be fully approved until November.

jussij 6y ago
So for that event which states experienced state wide blackouts that lasted for days on end? Here is a write up of that event: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/us-polar-vortex-extreme-cold-weather-heads-to-east-coast-live https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/us-polar-vorte... Not a single mention of blackout. And the reason for that is the grid is well designed and has backup options that makes it resiliently to extreme weather events.
- rcurry 6y ago
  The grid didn’t seem so great back in 2003 when NYC took a dive for two days. It was amazing seeing the whole city just dead in the water. Shit happens, but fortunately our infrastructure is fairly resilient and we can recover pretty quickly from this kind of thing.
  - drjasonharrison 6y ago
    For most places that was a 7 hour black out created by a software bug. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
    - rcurry 6y ago
      Full power was restored to NYC on the 16th. Yes, that seems about right - I stayed at my office for two days until a coworker commandeered a car that was in our parking garage (owned by a guy who was out of town on business) and gave me a ride home to Freeport. The city was pretty much paralyzed for two days. Some places might have done better but NYC was dead in the water for about two days.

jussij 6y ago

So for that event which states experienced state wide blackouts that lasted for days on end? Here is a write up of that event: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/us-polar-vortex-extreme-cold-weather-heads-to-east-coast-live https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/us-polar-vorte... Not a single mention of blackout. And the reason for that is the grid is well designed and has backup options that makes it resiliently to extreme weather events.

rcurry 6y ago
The grid didn’t seem so great back in 2003 when NYC took a dive for two days. It was amazing seeing the whole city just dead in the water. Shit happens, but fortunately our infrastructure is fairly resilient and we can recover pretty quickly from this kind of thing.
- drjasonharrison 6y ago
  For most places that was a 7 hour black out created by a software bug. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
  - rcurry 6y ago
    Full power was restored to NYC on the 16th. Yes, that seems about right - I stayed at my office for two days until a coworker commandeered a car that was in our parking garage (owned by a guy who was out of town on business) and gave me a ride home to Freeport. The city was pretty much paralyzed for two days. Some places might have done better but NYC was dead in the water for about two days.