The Analysis of 2021 Texas' Rotating Blackout Incident and Its Enlightenment to the Reform of China Power Grid

Abstract

On February 15 and 16, 2021, a winter storm swept across Texas, causing a destroying rotating blackout. The blackout has affected about 4.5 million residents, and the price on spot power market soared sharply, resulting in a great damage on the economic and social order. On February 24, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) released its first report of the blackout incident. Based on the report, a brief overview of Texas power grid and the development process of the whole blackout event were introduced firstly. Then, this paper analyzed the causes in detail. Finally, some suggestions on how to construct China power gird with the goal of achieving "carbon peak, carbon neutral" were proposed.

Keywords

• power grid
• texas' rotating blackout
• new energy power generation
• incident analysis
• power market