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Regardless, windfarms copped the blame. “Icy weather chills Texas wind energy as deep freeze grips much of US,” was one Reuters headline. “Frozen Turbines and Surging Demand Prompt Rolling Blackouts in Texas,” wrote the New York Times. “The windmills froze, so the power grid failed,” said Tucker Carlson of Fox News. Fox blamed renewables for the blackouts 128 times over two days. The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, said: “This shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal.” He was joined by the Republicans Ted Cruz, Dan Crenshaw and Lauren Boebert, e...

Natural gas futures on Thursday lost ground for the sixth time in seven sessions after the latest federal inventory report disappointed for a second

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday said natural gas storage for the week ended March 5 declined by 52 Bcf, a reduction that fell

Feb 21, 2021 The control room for the Texas electric grid is dominated by a Cineplex-sized screen along one wall. As outdoor temperatures plunged to Arctic levels around the low-slung building 30 miles from Austin last Sunday night, all eyes were on it. The news wasn’t good. Electric demand for heat across the state was soaring, as expected, but green dots on the corner state map started flipping to red. Each was a regional power generator, and they were spontaneously shutting down — three coal plants followed quickly by a gas plant in Corpus Christi. Then another metric began to...

Publishing date: Feb 20, 2021  •  February 21, 2021  •  8 minute read  •  Article content (Bloomberg) — The control room of the Texas electric grid is dominated by a Cineplex-sized screen along one wall. As outdoor temperatures plunged to arctic levels around the low-slung building 30 miles from Austin last Sunday night, all eyes were on it. The news wasn’t good. Electric demand for heat across the state was soaring, as expected, but green dots on the corner state map started flipping to red. Each was a regional power generator, and they were spontaneously shutting down — ...