High outages, low wind put Texas grid on alert
The causes for concern are a high level of unexpected thermal generation outages at coal, gas and nuclear power plants and low wind generation. ERCOT says the combination is expected to lower the grid’s operating reserves.
Story: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/low-winds-and-high-outages-have-ercot-asking-texans-to-conserve-electricity#
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