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Skip to main content Laredo Morning Times Homepage Currently Reading Report: Texas grid still not prepared for extreme winter weather Next Up:Out & About: Were you spotted at Golondrina & Blue... * Subscribe Subscribe * e-Edition * Sign In * Home * Subscribe * Daily Deals * Subscriber Services * Newsletters * Privacy Notice * Terms of Use * News * Politics * U.S. * World * Business * Entertainment * Texas * Border & Mexico * Obituaries * Sports * High School * NFL * NBA * MLB * College * Soccer * ¿Qué Pasa? * Puzzles * Comics * Outdoors * Real Estate * Home Décor * Advertise * Classifieds * Mercadito * Mercadito Print * Dvino Living * Kids * Jobs * E-Edition * Home * Subscribe * Daily Deals * Subscriber Services * Newsletters * Privacy Notice * Terms of Use * Real Estate * Home Décor * E-Edition * Sports * High School * NFL * NBA * MLB * College * Soccer * Texas * Advertise * News * Politics * U.S. * World * Business * Entertainment * Border & Mexico * Comics * Kids * Classifieds * Mercadito * Mercadito Print * Dvino Living * Obituaries * ¿Qué Pasa? * Puzzles * Outdoors * Jobs * Home * Subscribe * Daily Deals * Subscriber Services * Newsletters * Privacy Notice * Terms of Use * Jobs * Sports * High School * NFL * NBA * MLB * College * Soccer * E-Edition * News * Politics * U.S. * World * Business * Entertainment * Texas * Classifieds * Mercadito * Mercadito Print * Dvino Living * Real Estate * Home Décor * Advertise * Border & Mexico * Obituaries * ¿Qué Pasa? * Puzzles * Comics * Outdoors * Kids * Home * Subscribe * Daily Deals * Subscriber Services * Newsletters * Privacy Notice * Terms of Use * Sports * High School * NFL * NBA * MLB * College * Soccer * News * Politics * U.S. * World * Business * Entertainment * Classifieds * Mercadito * Mercadito Print * Dvino Living * Real Estate * Home Décor * Texas * Border & Mexico * Puzzles * Outdoors * Kids * E-Edition * Obituaries * ¿Qué Pasa? * Comics * Advertise * Jobs MOST POPULAR Out & About: Were you spotted at Golondrina & Blue Moon? Treviño edges Martinez to be Laredo's next mayor Fatal crash reported at Bob Bullock Loop and Saunders Street 2023 Mr. South Texas Carroll Summers dies at 91 Mexican army says Jalisco drug cartel kidnapped colonel Arturo N. Benavides Sr. named 2023 LIFE Rancher of the Year 2022 Webb County Runoff Election Unofficial Voting Results Man who shot at cops in Sam's Club parking lot gets 10 years Christmas snow in Laredo possible but unlikely this weekend Children at Sacred Heart receive holiday gift donation Laredo teen faces 10 years to life for transporting fentanyl Photos: Laredo's Holiday Skate Days open at Sames Auto Arena King flips script in District VI, bests Viswanath LC holds Law Enforcement Academy graduation ceremony District II runner up has hearing after asking to void election Toy distribution hosted by Webb County Sheriff's Office News 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. Comments 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." MOST POPULAR 1. Out & About: Were you spotted at Golondrina & Blue Moon? 2. Treviño edges Martinez to be Laredo's next mayor 3. Fatal crash reported at Bob Bullock Loop and Saunders Street 4. 2023 Mr. South Texas Carroll Summers dies at 91 5. Mexican army says Jalisco drug cartel kidnapped colonel 6. Arturo N. Benavides Sr. named 2023 LIFE Rancher of the Year 7. 2022 Webb County Runoff Election Unofficial Voting Results Written By 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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