Texas is on the verge of another blackout. Nevermind you it's been mild and about as nice as it gets in the Lone Star State
Forbes (4/15/21) reports: "With roughly 25% of the Texas power grid’s generating units offline for maintenance, grid managers at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) once again expressed concerns about tight electricity supply on Wednesday. But ERCOT officials stopped short of issuing another emergency warning and asking Texans to conserve power as they did on Tuesday, an act that shocked electricity users who are not used to seeing such warnings on mild spring days in April. 'We may see tight grid conditions due to the large number of generators out of service for planned and forced maintenance combined with low wind and solar output forecasted for today,' said ERCOT Vice President of Grid Planning and Operations Woody Rickerson in a release. 'Additionally, we’re seeing some risk in the Rio Grande Valley due to the forced outage of a generating unit in the area.' Put simply, here’s what we had: Intermittent forms of energy - i.e., wind and solar - providing well below their expected loads for this time of year. Wind provided roughly 60% of what ERCOT projected it would supply, while Solar provided only a little more than half of its expected supply. Why? Because the wind didn’t blow as much and the sun didn’t shine as much as ERCOT’s models anticipated they would."
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