Physical Responsive Capability News Today

The recent storm did, however, once again underscore the dilemma Texas faces with its current mix of generation sources. 

During the recent Winter Storm Heather (Jan. 13-16), the Texas grid was able to produce enough energy to meet the demand, but just barely. Since Winter Storm Uri (February 2021), it appears that improvements have been made to the reliability of natural gas generation. Also, there have been significant additions of renewables capacity, primarily solar, and a small amount of energy storage (batteries). All of these helped to prevent another grid collapse. But we also got lucky. This storm was n...

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

The measures are part of continued improvements to support grid reliability.