• 029 // Texas Winter Storm, ERCOT Grid Down

  • Feb 18 2021
  • Length: 54 mins
  • Podcast

029 // Texas Winter Storm, ERCOT Grid Down

  • Summary

  • On this episode:

    History of ERCOT & Deregulation

    Is "Green Energy" The Problem?

    34 gigawatts generation capacity forced offline, about 27 gigawatts comes from coal, nuclear, and gas capacity.

    The parts of Texas not on its ERCOT power grid appear to have weathered the freeze with few outages

    https://theweek.com/speedreads/967553/parts-texas-not-ercot-power-grid-appear-have-weathered-freeze-few-outages

    Texas Power Grid Was ‘Seconds Or Minutes’ Away From Complete Failure Leaving Whole State Dark, ERCOT Says

    The Texas power grid was just "seconds or minutes" away from a catastrophic and complete failure earlier this week, officials with ERCOT said during a briefing Thursday, adding that widespread rolling blackouts may have saved the state from going completely dark.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/02/18/texas-power-grid-was-seconds-or-minutes-away-from-complete-failure-leaving-whole-state-dark-ercot-says/?sh=287723d843fb

    ERCOT Will Restore Board of Directors' Names to Website After Death Threats Prompted Their Removal

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ercot-will-restore-board-of-directors-names-to-website-after-death-threats-prompted-their-removal/ar-BB1dNEI3

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