[AP News] Sweltering heat tests Texas' power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity
[AP News] Sweltering heat tests Texas' power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity
Texas’ power grid operator is asking residents to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave keeps parts of the state and southern U.S. in triple-digit temperatures. Much of Texas on Tuesday was under excessive heat warnings. The Electric Reliab...
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This will be an interesting situation in the next few years. People have been moving into the state in heavy numbers creating an energy burden, the state government has looked the other way on producers following maintenance schedules over profit so idle capacity isn’t certain to come online, and the governor’s threat that a better grid will cost consumers.
Apologies for my ignorance, I assume after snowpocalyps they somewhat managed to improve grid itself? But no new developments in energy sources have been done?
Could you say why you'd assume "they" improved the grid?