After leaving much of Texas without power for several days during a winter storm last February, the Texas power grid appears to be performing well Thursday and with plenty of power reserves.
At 10:15 am they reported 22,500 MW of available reserves. Clearly, the new ERCOT/PUC strategy to buy more reserves has helped. The reserves, combined with milder temps in this winter storm, have put less strain on power plants and allowed people to use less power compared to February 2021.
Wind and solar are also forecast to perform well Thursday. At 9 a.m., wind power was generating more than 17,000 MW of power delivered by good winds in West Texas and less icing of turbine blades compared to last year. Solar is also expected to help later Thursday as the sun returns out west. Almost 3,000 MW of solar output is forecast for this afternoon.
ERCOT did not report any loss of generation greater than 450 MW overnight Wednesday indicating that electric plants are functioning well so far. No big generators have been shutting down in the cold.
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