Greg Abbott, the governor, has called for an investigation into ERCOT.

州长格雷格·阿博特呼吁对得克萨斯州电力可靠性协会展开调查。

ERCOT oversees the grid, while power generators produce electricity for the wholesale market.

得克萨斯州电力可靠性协会负责监管电网，各大发电商为电力批发市场发电。

Western Interconnection, Eastern Interconnection, and ERCOT.

西部互连、东部互连和 ERCOT。

Owners have to have approval from ERCOT before they take facilities offline for maintenance.

业主必须获得 ERCOT 的批准才能使设施离线进行维护。

Another oil tycoon, Paul Foster — he's now chairman of the board at ERCOT.

另一位石油大亨保罗·福斯特 (Paul Foster)——他现在是 ERCOT 的董事会主席。

ERCOT's job is to oversee the entire system.

ERCOT 的工作是监督整个系统。

During the peak of the event, ERCOT ordered 20,000 MW of load to be shed from the system.

在活动高峰期间，ERCOT 下令从系统中卸载 20,000 MW 的负载。

In Texas, the entity in charge of this task is ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

在德克萨斯州，负责这项任务的实体是ERCOT，即德克萨斯州电力可靠性委员会。

Finally, ERCOT manages the wholesale market of electricity by setting prices and handling the transactions between power sellers and buyers.

最后，ERCOT 通过设定价格和处理电力卖家和买家之间的交易来管理电力批发市场。

" One third of the board of ERCOT officially resigned today." But today, much of the grid infrastructure is still not protected from cold weather.

“ERCOT 三分之一的董事会成员今天正式辞职。”但今天，许多电网基础设施仍未受到寒冷天气的保护。

ERCOT continued ordering additional load to be shed from the system trying to keep up with both the rising demand from the cold weather and the quickly failing power plants.

ERCOT 继续下令减少系统的额外负载，以满足寒冷天气带来的不断增长的需求和快速故障的发电厂。

On February 8, a full week before things really hit the fan, ERCOT had already started issuing public communications about very high expected electrical demands across the state.

2 月 8 日， 也就是事态真正爆发前整整一周，ERCOT 已经开始发布关于全州非常高的预期电力需求的公共信息。

As the evening continued, though, it became clear to ERCOT and utilities that the amount of electricity available on the grid may not be able to continue to meet the demand.

然而，随着夜晚的继续，ERCOT 和公用事业公司清楚地意识到，电网上的可用电量可能无法继续满足需求。

" ERCOT board members, Mark Carpenter, Lori Cobos and Deann Walker all contributed to past Governor Abbott campaigns, pouring in a combined $18,670." So, as temperatures began to plunge in February 2021, despite a 10-year heads-up, Texas was more vulnerable than ever.

“ERCOT 董事会成员马克·卡彭特 (Mark Carpenter)、洛瑞·科沃斯 (Lori Cobos) 和迪恩·沃克 (Deann Walker) 都为过去的州长阿博特竞选活动做出了贡献，总共投入了 18,670 美元。”因此，随着 2021 年 2 月气温开始骤降，尽管有 10 年的预报，德克萨斯比以往任何时候都更加脆弱。