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April 2, 2024
The April 8 eclipse will drop solar generation output to near zero, but other power sources will keep the grid stable.
January 13, 2024
The CBS News Texas I-Team asked experts, on a scale 1-10, what their confidence level is in the Texas power grid holding up in the next severe winter storm.
September 12, 2023
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas' power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling
September 11, 2023
Https://youtu.be/Ha_lrV2Povk?si=E9KCVM_P-forBSrq There is no economic leadership for the United States without an urgent restructuring of the power grid with distributed energy, solar, wind, and storage, in mind. Just last week, the Texas grid came perilously close to crashing yet again. NBC Ft Worth: Besides low reserves, ERCOT said it issued Wednesday's emergency alert because of…
September 9, 2023
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September 8, 2023
The sweltering heat wave in Texas has the power grid manager again asking residents to cut electricity use.
September 8, 2023
Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat. The request carried fresh urgency, coming the day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a deadly winter blackout in 2021. The request…
September 8, 2023
Wednesday was the first time the council entered emergency operations since a deadly 2021 ice storm knocked out power to millions of customers for days and resulted in hundreds of deaths.
September 8, 2023
The request by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas comes after low power reserves prompted the grid operator to issue a level 2 energy emergency alert...
September 7, 2023
Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat. The request by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which serves most of the state’s 30 million residents, came a day after low energy reserves prompted the grid operator to issue a level 2 energy emergency alert. Operating reserves fell as demand surged amid the heat, and power from wind and solar energy sources proved insuf...