ELI5, how can an electrical grid be “minutes away” from month long blackouts? What would’ve happened that devoted employees avoided?

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I’ve seen lots of posts lately on Texas being “minutes and seconds away” from months long blackouts. What could’ve happened, what was avoided that caused that?

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It’s like if you were powering a big bulb with a bunch of batteries… but the batteries started getting disconnected one by one. As you lose power, but demand stays — it puts too much strain on the remaining batteries and catches stuff on fire.

Batteries = power plants

Bulb = customers

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