And people were asking, why did they have to do that? Well, if they didn't shut down power and just very plainly, If they didn't shut down power, there was possibly we were minutes away from losing all power in the state of Texas for over a month. Because unlike a light switch in our house, you just can't turn a switch on and off. You're talking about huge amounts of power traveling along our lines all at once. (24:39–24:49)
CLAIM
Asserts the necessity of power shutdowns to prevent a statewide outage.
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