This article has been updated to correct figures related to peak electricity demand during 2021's winter storm.
ERCOT projects that early Friday morning, demand on Texas’ power grid near what the grid experienced during last year’s deadly winter freeze. ERCOT has not issued any warnings or conservation calls. However, the grid operator did send out notification to many stakeholders Friday morning indicating that they have begun contacting state agencies and other authorities and are implementing an “aggressive grid management plan,” according to an email obtained byAn ERCOT projection issued Friday afternoon showed demand hitting nearly 73 gigawatts on Feb. 4. Peak demand during last year’s winter storm was 77 gigawatts.
Austin-based energy consultant Doug Lewin said that people should be concerned, but that because this weather event as of now shows little likelihood for intense amounts of precipitation, it will not create a repeat of the February freeze.
So in other words, expect that there will be blackouts and hopefully your not stuck in a “rolling zone” where your power might be off for 8 to 10 hours at a time and only on for 20 minutes in between… thanksERCOT&Abbott FAILure
Are you gonna let the electrical company let me and my dogs freeze? I'm not sure I have enough candles to keep the house warm...
Ya don’t say?
Buy a generator. Quick.
Also, water is expected to be wet, news at 11.
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