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REPORT: TEXAS GRID STILL NOT PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER


AN ERCOT REPORT STATED ROLLING BLACKOUTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN FREEZING
CONDITIONS.

Michael Murney, Chron
Nov. 30, 2022Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 12:13 p.m.

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A severe winter storm could force rolling blackouts on Texans, even after the
upgrades following 2021's storm.

Matthew T. Carroll/Getty Images

The Texas energy grid is still not fully prepared to weather a severe winter
storm scenario, even after the string of upgrades and regulations that have
followed 2021's winter storm, according to an Electric Reliability Council of
Texas (ERCOT) report published Tuesday.   



If facing an extreme winter storm, high electricity usage, power plant outages
and insufficient solar and wind energy production would still cause Texans to
endure rolling blackouts, according to the report. In a less extreme winter
storm scenario, grid operators may still need to ask Texans to reduce their
power usage during periods of especially high demand.  

ERCOT, the organization that manages Texas' power grid, analyzed three different
"extreme" winter storm scenarios in its report. The scenarios extrapolated from
weather conditions during 2021's winter storm which left hundreds of Texans dead
and millions more without lights or heat in frigid temperatures for days. 



The council's analysis showed that in all three scenarios, Texans would be asked
to reduce power usage to avoid rolling blackouts. If enough gas- and coal-fired
power plants went offline, grid operators would also have to resort to rolling
blackouts, according to the report. 



"It is critically important to address the fact that … under the most extreme
conditions, there could be not enough power," Pablo Vegas, president and CEO of
ERCOT, told the Texas Tribune's Erin Douglas. "That’s why change is needed in
the market design in order to address that." 

According to the Tribune, Vegas and Texas Public Utilities Commission Chair
Peter Lake said during a news conference Tuesday that ERCOT's report does not
account for changes in grid management that have been implemented since Feb.
2021's winter storm. 

"This analysis is arithmetic… It doesn’t account for the many reforms we’ve put
in place, like better communication and coordination," Lake said during the
conference. "I absolutely expect the lights to stay on."









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Michael Murney
Michael Murney is a reporter at Chron and a reporting fellow with the Pulitzer
Center on Crisis Reporting. He was previously a staff writer with the Dallas
Observer and has written for Chicago's South Side Weekly and the Chicago Reader.
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