AUSTIN — Just four days after ERCOT called on Texans to reduce electricity consumption amid tight power grid conditions, the heads of the power grid’s...
also showed that in two extreme scenarios, the state would not have enough energy to provide power to all Texans.
Lewin also questioned why the use of large-scale battery storage to store excess generated electricity, a practice that’s booming in Texas, was not included in the report. He also said the reports need to be more easily understandable to a public that has remained queasy about the power grid’s stability since it nearly collapsed during 2021′s deadly winter freeze.
Unseasonably hot weather across Texas led to a new May record in demand on Friday. ERCOT had been issuing oblique and muted warnings about possible emergency conditions all week. Those came to fruition as a number of power plants tripped offline Friday as afternoon temperature soared. In past years, such requests for conservation would not have even been issued, Lake said. That ERCOT and the PUC decided to ask Texans to collectively reduce their energy usage was a reflection of how things have changed at the agencies since the winter storm and the sweeping reforms that followed.The agency flexed its newfound authority to require power plants to stay online that had been scheduled to be down for maintenance in preparation for peak demand during the hottest days of summer.
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