Extreme cold and record snowfall to test Texas power grid
A cold blast gripping the U.S. South threatens to bring record-breaking snowfall to New Orleans and Houston and a deep freeze ...
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Another freeze is expected in Houston. Will the Texas grid be fine again?
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state's power grid ... s MLK weekend freeze, ERCOT asked Texans to conserve electricity but ultimately didn’t initiate a grid emergency or outages.
Houston saw measurable snow for the first time since 2021. So why weren't there any mass outages?
More than 99% of CenterPoint Energy's Houston-area customers maintained power through the freeze, and ERCOT didn't order ...
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Trump hates wind. Is solar also in trouble?
The president’s executive orders don't single out solar energy, but his freeze on climate spending could affect the industry ...
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Texas sees surge in microgrid use as extreme weather challenges state grid
The freeze in February 2021 ... like natural gas generators, solar and batteries, and they have the ability to connect and reconnect to the power grid. In Texas, the U.S. Department of Energy ...
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There were power outages Tuesday, but don't blame ERCOT. Ice, snow took down lines in South Texas.
Tens of thousands of Texans were without power Tuesday ... RELATED: ERCOT says Texas ‘in a pattern’ for a deep freeze that could boost likelihood of winter grid outages The riskiest period ...