Officials Warn Texas’ Grid Not Ready For Summer
From the Texas Minute by the Texas Scorecard
With summer rapidly approaching, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas—the quasi-governmental nonprofit entity that tracks energy usage and supplies power to more than 26 million Texans—shows that the grid could need 6,000 more megawatts than last year to operate at capacity in “extreme summer conditions.” Katy Marshall has the story.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-may-see-rolling-blackouts-this-summer/
Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, warned Texans that they may have to rely on backup energy sources. “Data shows, for the first time, that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power.”
On-demand dispatchable power sources include nuclear energy, natural gas, and coal plants, all energy sources that can be turned on and off at will. Unreliable power sources, like wind and solar, are not readily available in a wide range of circumstances but have been widely subsidized by lawmakers.
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