Update:Texas Group ERCOT Has Come To Rely on Conservation Alerts as a Normal Operating Procedure Rather Than an Exceptional Emergency Measure. The Problem Is Not the Weather but the System Design Itself, Which Has Insufficient Capacity to Match Load Growth

Texas Factories Dial Back Power Usage To Balance Strained Grid HNewsWire: Update, Some of the country’s most powerful political authorities neglected to allocate funds appropriately, resulting in the recent outages of the electric system. There are certain people who need to be held accountable, and I believe the next election will bring about significant alterations as a result of the ongoing grid crisis. For the second time this week, Texas’ power grid operator took emergency action and asked customers to conserve power Wednesday afternoon to avoid rolling blackouts as a heatwave strained power supplies. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) sent customers notices three hours before 1400 local time to reduce power instead of the 18-hour notice for Monday. ERCOT blamed Wednesday’s conservation appeal on record high electric demand and the lack of wind and solar power as a…

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Texas Braces for Cold Snap as Natural Gas Pipeline Block; Electric Blackout Worries Increase

Arctic air has poured into Texas this week as temperatures plunge well below freezing. Texas regulators have reassured the public multiple times the principal grid operator for Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), will have the capacity to supply energy to houses and businesses as heating demand increases. “The grid is ready, and the lights will stay on for Texans,” Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. He claimed earlier in the day that ERCOT “doesn’t anticipate any rolling blackouts at all.” Weather forecasts anticipate a heavy frost in the Lone Star State through Saturday. Average temperatures have fallen from 60 degrees Ferinhight on Jan. 31 to as low as 25 degrees Ferinhight on Friday. An ice storm is also striking the state and will continue until the end…

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