Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows

Electrical workers repair a power line in Austin on Feb. 18, 2021, during the winter storm that nearly collapsed the state’s power grid. The state grid operator’s seasonal forecast says extreme weather this winter could lead to calls to reduce power use — or even rolling blackouts., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

“It is critically important to address the fact that … under the most extreme conditions, there could be not enough power,” said Pablo Vegas, president and CEO of ERCOT. “That’s not acceptable.”ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission, which regulates electricity infrastructure, are currently working to redesign Texas’ power market.

Each extreme scenario shows the grid operator would need to ask Texans to take emergency action to cut back on electricity usage. One scenario shows that if those conditions combine with enough gas- and coal-fired power plant outages and low wind power production, the grid could face rolling blackouts.

For this winter, ERCOT estimates a peak power demand of about 67,400 megawatts — much more than it estimated in last year’s winter forecast for 2021-22, which didn’t take the February 2021 power crisis into account.

We could have another catastrophic power outage this winter but thank goodness anyone in Texas can buy and carry any fire arm they please no matter the age, thanks GregAbbott_TX

Greggy boy didn’t fix that!? Oh no that’s right he’s too busy fixating on his racist shit and dissing an American and Texan who was just returned from a Russian prison.

Thanks GregAbbott_TX

TexasDeservesIt

Would like to know what they are doing with the monthly increase on all Texas utility bills? Was to upgrade the equipment, to prevent the FREEZING ISSUE!!! Get done what should have been a NO-BRAINER in the first place .

Abbott doesn't care, he got re- elected by the ', deplorables.'

So don't charge your electric car bbbhhaaaaaaaa

Stop instigating. You are such a bias crappy organization. All opinion all liberal all crap.

This is what y’all voted for 😬

Now wait just a second. Greg Abbott assured us all this was taken care of!

“Under the most extreme conditions” you guys love to do this. Luckily HB3648 will prevent the absolute disaster we had in 2021. You guys never seem to mention HB3648 or it’s step by step plan for critical infrastructure during rolling blackouts… why is that?

YEP.The grid is weak.

In America, profits always come before people... and remember, it is the GOP that protects those profiteers at the expense of the people.

These privately owned power companies KNEW severe weather would cause deadly blackouts. THEY KNEW. Texas GOP politicians knew, too. They all chose protecting private PROFITS over protecting the people of Texas. They’ve done it again & again. See🧵

Thanks for voting Republican

I won't be conserving.

I still want the damn thing fixed and paid for by those who make money off of all of us.

And it ain’t gonna get much better w/ Abbott greenlighting these crypto-bro shit stains who’ll further drain energy from our grid. TX gets what it votes for, unfortunately. Seems like the state will need more freezes&brownouts before it learns its lesson.

GreenBeGone

But Greg Abbott said it was all fixed.

BeauTFC Was gonna say, here we go, again. However, the Houston area already had issues this year and had to boil water due to power outages.

Thankful for the hard work of our GVEC_Tweets line crew and reliable power in Guadalupe Co 👍🏻

Solar and wind to the rescue, NOT

“If” is the most dangerous and enlightening word in the world. A lotta people don’t understand that.

But GovAbbott said he fixed everything. Is he lying?

But but but “crime” and “open borders” and whatever other GQP lies Failure GregAbbott_TX liked to spew! Pay no attention to him not fixing the grid!

FGA

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 You get what you vote for in TX!!

If it’s stays in the 70-80s maybe not lol Texas weather

But they've told us and told us and told us the grid would stand up no matter what. Wait.. that was BEFORE the election. And you believed them. Should have voted for Beto.

Hey, you can still buy a gun to keep you warm in Texas.

Maybe Biden should stop giving millions to HAARP labs in Alaska to study combatative solar geoengineering.

What else is new…

We have our own grid…don’t listen to the lies…obamas3rdterm

That is why I took a job in GA instead of Austin. 3rd world power grid. If that.

Yet Dan Patrick labels renewable energy as a “luxury?”

Winter is coming.

Now would probably be a good time to remove the 'Reliability' from the name.

How could this keep happening in a place where this happens every year?!

Soooo the grid wasn’t fixed …thanks Abbott , and thanks Texas Tribune for putting his feet to the fire to get it done. Y’all are such a helpful Texas journalism institution 🙄🤡

Well ask to Abbott since he is reelected

onthego911 stop using windmills

So the same thing that happens California year-round.

This is what people voted for.

GovAbbott said he fixed the grid…..right? If this happens again who/what is he going to blame this time? TX has been run by GOP for years, I only see a broken grid, property taxes and electric bills skyrocketing thru the roof. But Greg, Paxton & Dan Patrick are rolling 💴

You mean the grid isn’t fixed? Who didn’t see that one coming… thanks Abbott!

We could have had Beto!!

OK, buying my propane heater buddy tomorrow.

Some reading material for shivering Texans.

But sure, let’s re-elect Abbott 🤦‍♀️

Hope all those who voted for Abbott..or didn’t even bother to vote, are stocking up on blankets and whatever else they might need to stay warm if the power goes out!

Did the above-ground gas well heads ever get insulated?

AbbottFailsTexasEveryday

Don't Texans get tired of this system?

Yay, freedom!

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