âTexas Gridâ does not cover all of Texas, Panhandle in better shape
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By Freixys Casado | February 18, 2021 at 7:05 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 10:30 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - While thousands of Texans continue to be without power, most of the panhandle seems to be in better shape.
The United States is divided by three power grids. The Eastern Grid, the Western Grid and the Texas Grid, also refer to as ERCOT.
âTexas by itself is one of the largest consumer of electricity,â said Dr. Joshua Partheepan, assistant professor of systems of engineering at WTAMU. âThatâs one of the primary drivers why Texas wanted to become its own utility.â