{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/004aaf1e29ca4c7e9e57047505f6b40e\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"5120\" height=\"3840\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":3840,"width":5120,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":3840,"thumbnail_width":5120,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/004aaf1e29ca4c7e9e57047505f6b40e-a1ae8fcd97ac2655.gif","duration":168.286667,"title":"James Bell - Youth Tour 2025","description":"This Loom explains Texas’s electric grid, focusing on how power reliability is maintained despite rapid population growth. It describes the Texas Electric Red as a network of generation, transmission, and distribution designed to keep Texas independent from buying or selling electricity from other states, with ERCOT responsible for maintaining reliable transmission. The video notes that ERCOT uses load forecasting through periods of demand and works with electric co-ops that serve areas that larger utilities may not cover efficiently, including rural regions like the Big Country. It concludes that co-ops help restore power during crises and reinvest profits locally so residents can keep their lights on year round."}