A blizzard hit Colorado, USA, and 210,000 residents were without power. Why are extreme weather events so frequent this year?

Entering Colorado, the United States, was hit by a blizzard, causing at least 210,000 local users to lose power directly. The entire snow depth was as deep as 51 meters, seriously affecting the normal daily production and life of the public. At the same time, it turned out that Our cafeteria can all see from the news that most parts of the United States will be covered in snow due to the impact of extremely cold convective weather. The snow phenomenon continues to break the lowest temperature in history, causing power outages, which is more likely to cause life problems. The crisis has put residents' lives in trouble. Some residents even burned wood to donate eggs during the power outage, which is more likely to cause a fire crisis. System issues

From the geographical location of the United States, Colorado should not have experienced power outages due to snow accumulation. At the same time, the state has relatively sufficient natural gas and wind power, as well as thermal power. The power supply methods and resources of nuclear power are second to none in the United States, and the supply system is very complete. It is supported, managed and maintained by the Quanzhou Public Utilities Commission in the form of self-supplied power. But it is this supply mechanism that causes power to rely on independent institutions established by the commission. The state government cannot control the operation of the power system. When there is a power shortage, the government cannot help residents. The state government manages power transmission and distribution. Power transmission and distribution companies are private enterprises. If the government is unwilling to pay for maintenance, it will be difficult to update equipment and repair lines. The operational shortcomings of the two systems in these two aspects have been fully exposed in the snowy weather and cold current operations, and even more It has affected the normal life of residents, and there has been a sudden shortage of electricity. Equipment, power stations, and power-receiving companies have been unable to work together to overcome difficulties, leading to chaos. The power supply dispatching capability is poor

Colorado is a part of the United States, but when power problems occur, it cannot receive support from the national power grid, and aging transmission lines are also a common operational drawback of the entire media. Some American Transmission lines and transformers have exceeded their service life and cannot be updated in time. There are a large number of power companies, and companies serving residential power grids only account for 0.5% of all power companies. Serious uneven distribution has led to privatization and decentralization. The market is extremely serious and lacks Quanzhou's power dispatching capabilities. We can only restrict the operation of thermal power through some green energy-saving and environmental protection measures to avoid the problem of insufficient power supply.

The emergence of the power system has caused residents' lives to face new difficulties like the attack of the new coronavirus epidemic. However, how to implement important measures to reform and operate the power disaster while preparing traditional energy to withdraw from the market? , the effective connection of new energy entering the market. It is hoped that the market power price can be balanced to ensure that the highest peak of wind energy generation in winter needs to meet 60% of electricity demand. However, the occurrence of power disasters is undoubtedly a huge warning to Colorado. At the same time, we also hope that this large-scale power outage phenomenon and status will not happen again in developed countries like the United States.