Reliability Crisis Déjà vu

Texas, again. Just weeks after the February power disaster that left more than 130 dead, thousands homeless and put 70% of the state in the dark, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) came stunningly close to declaring another grid emergency on Tuesday. On a relatively mild day – no deep freeze nor roasting summer […]

On April 15, 2021
baseload power, Bud Weinstein, Ed Hirs, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, Maguire Energy Institute, National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan, Texas, University of Houston

24Feb

The Texas Grid Crisis is a National Crisis

Think the Texas electricity crisis can’t happen where you live? Think again. Up and down the country, electricity markets – with very different designs – have fielded warnings that the right storm, with the right conditions could cause the same chaos or worse. Much of the blame in Texas has fallen on the Electric Reliability […]

On February 24, 2021
baseload power, Bud Weinstein, California, Dallas Morning News, Ed Hirs, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, ISO New England, James Danly, North American Reliability Corporation, PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Texas, The Houston Chronicle