With an arctic blast forecast to hit Texas tomorrow, the state's power grid could face its biggest test since new winterization standards took effect after the deadly 2021 freeze.
The grid operator is forecasting demand for power to reach its peak of 70,000 megawatts Friday morning.
“With all the available resources performing as planned, we have forecasted to have nearly 90,000 megawatts of capacity online for this weekend's event,” Vegas added.Temperatures will be warmer than in February 2021, there won't be as much wintry precipitation and the cold snap is not expected to last as long, according to ERCOT’s lead meteorologist Chris Coleman., director of the Smart Grid Center at Texas A&M, tells Axios.
"A lot of electric work has been done on the grid since Uri to winterize it — and the temperatures are going to be higher and the load isn't going to be as high, so we won't have as many generator failures occurring."
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