经济学人:黑暗冬季惨剧--"美国能源之都"瘫痪(2)

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which operates the grid, did not properly forecast the demand for energy as a result of the storm.
没有正确预测暴风雪所引发的能源需求。

but there were warnings of the severity of the coming weather in the preceding week,
但应该在前一周对未来天气的严重性提出预警，

Brownouts last summer had already demonstrated the grid's lack of excess capacity, says George O'Leary of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co (TPH), an energy investment bank.
能源投资银行TPH的乔治·奥利里表示，去年夏天的停电已经证明了电网的备用容量不足。

Many Republican politicians were quick to blame renewable energy sources, such as wind power, for the blackouts,
许多共和党政客很快将风力发电等可再生能源作为停电的罪魁祸首，

but natural gas, which accounts for around half of the state's electricity generation, was the primary reason for the shortfall.
但占得州发电量一半左右的天然气是造成电力短缺的主要原因。

The cold also caused a reactor at one of the state's two nuclear plants to go offline.
寒潮还导致得州两座核电站中的一个核反应堆关闭。

Transmission lines may have also iced up, says Wade Schauer of Wood Mackenzie, a research firm.
伍德麦肯兹研究公司的韦德·肖尔表示，输电线路可能也结冰了。

Some of the blame falls on the unique design of the electricity market in Texas.
还有些人认为得州电力市场的独特设计才是罪魁祸首。

Of America's 48 contiguous states, it is the only one with its own stand-alone electricity grid—the Texas Interconnection.
在美国48个毗邻的州中，得州是唯一一个拥有自己独立电网（得州电网）的州。

This means that when power generators fail, the state cannot import electricity from outside its borders.
这意味着，当发电系统发生故障时，得州不能从其他州输入电力。

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1. as a result of 由于

She died as a result of her injuries.

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2. break down 临时出故障

Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.

机器一坏，工作便停了下来.n5LKI@QB2。

3. stand-alone 独立的

They plan to relaunch it as a stand-alone company.

他们计划让它作为一个独立公司重新上市^c@Wkkzyz^7+uVTXa。

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