How can the Southern power grid handle months of blistering heat with everyone blasting air conditioners, but can’t handle two days below freezing?

Question

How can the Southern power grid handle months of blistering heat with everyone blasting air conditioners, but can’t handle two days below freezing?

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Answer 1

Easy, it’s not the load that kills it.

Winds, broken branches, snow accumulating on said branches weighing them down, freezing rain doing the same thing, that’s what brings the grid down.