Why some Texans paid $1 PER HOUR to power a light bulb, and the Texas electrical grid failed

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Texas recently had some very frigid weather, which left the power grid on the very brink, charging as much as $9/ kW-hr, or about $1/ hour to run a single light bulb! How did that happen, how might it be resolved, who profited from this mess, and what can be done to prevent it from happening again in the future?

To understand better how the electrical grid works, take a look at my prior video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_xyqenu3M

Images and video used from ERCOT, Australian Antarctica, NOAA, Wikipedia, Griddy

Charts shown with data from ERCOT, http://www.ercot.com/ . Some data was used that wasn't shown, particularly the "shadow prices" listed.

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