Reductions in the likelihood for blackouts ranged from about 40% fewer with about 10 gigawatts of interconnections up to 82% fewer with 50 gigawatts shared.
If the Texas power grid had been connected to neighboring systems in early 2021, the likelihood of deadly blackouts during Winter Storm Uri would have been reduced up to 82%, according to a new study by researchers at the Mass achusetts Institute of Technology. Their study modeled the February 2021 storm and the likelihood of outages if legislation that would require the Texas power grid to expand interconnections to grids in surrounding states had then been enacted.
boss tees off on Democrats’ effort to connect Texas to national power grids “MIT’s findings really prove what everyday people in San Antonio and Texas have known for a long time,” Casar said Monday. “We didn’t have to lose so much power, money and lives in Winter Storm Uri.
’s calls for Texans to conserve power not likely to end anytime soon as grid stays stretched Mass outages stretched over five days, contributing to the deaths of at least 246 Texans. The MIT researchers reached out to Casar, who represents parts of Austin, San Antonio and other areas, with the data after having done similar research for a different House bill regarding interregional connections.
Casar’s grid proposal would keep the power running in Texas At that amount, he said Texas would see a major increase grid reliability and hit an optimal savings between the costs of transmission and new revenue exporting power. The national grid as a whole would also get cost savings and Texas generators would be able to sell excess energy from wind or solar farms to other states. In February, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas questioned whether interconnections would help Texas economically.
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