Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold
Texas is unusual in that almost the entire state is part of a single grid that lacks extensive integration with those of the surrounding states. That grid is run by an organization called ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a nonprofit controlled by the state legislature. [Emphasis mine.]
It got cold in Texas the other day…legitimately cold, with temps into the single digits…causing some maelstrom of circumstance that left the aforementioned reliability council “no other option,” according to this article in ArsTechnica, “than to cut off customers’ access to power.” Ooops.
Which suggests, among other things, folks who plan to run the entire country on electricity maybe should think harder.
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