![]() ![]() Over the summer, when heat records were set in the state, Abbott's press secretary, Renae Eze, told Newsweek this about Texas' power grid: "Since May, Texas has set and broken power demand records 26 times without any systemwide issues or disruptions for the more than 26 million Texans served by the electric grid. The report provided information from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' quarterly Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy, which found under the "most extreme conditions", there could be a lack of power again. ![]() KUT radio station in Austin, Texas, published an article last month that acknowledges if the state falls victim to uncommonly severe winter storms and temperatures such as those experienced in February 2021, the grid could experience a repeat failure. "When the problem is large enough or everywhere is in trouble, the same instantaneous response can propagate the damage and produce a total system failure," Hogan said. Photos show massive destruction after storms decimate Texas, Louisiana.Record-breaking cold weather forces freeze warning for 46 million Americans.Texas Arctic blast is impacting the stock market.Hogan responded that the storms caused low temperatures statewide, which was an "unusual event". ![]() However, Porter said the cold temperatures do stress the grid, and the upcoming cold nights will reveal how resilient the grid is to cold temperatures.Īfter the February 2021 failure, Harvard Kennedy School faculty spoke with energy expert Bill Hogan and sought answers to why the grid struggled during the severe weather. The extreme cold is only expected to last for one or two nights in Texas, which might allow the power grid to continue operating since the cold likely won't be accompanied by damaging storms forecasting ice and snow. "Single digits will be achieved some nights as far south as the suburbs of Dallas." "There's going to be a notable surge of arctic air into Texas and it will be very chilly," Porter told Newsweek. ![]() In this photo, Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on February 16, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Texas power grid maintained by ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has shown signs of buckling as a major snowstorm approaches the Lone Star State. An incoming snowstorm could impede Thanksgiving travel in the Texas panhandle. MATTHEW BUSCH/AFP/Getty A tractor trailer is stuck in the slick ice and snow on State Highway 195 on February 18, 2021, in Killeen, Texas. A deadly winter weather system that brought record-busting cold to the southern and central United States, knocking out power for millions in oil-rich Texas. MATTHEW BUSCH/AFP via Getty Images A neighborhood in Waco, Texas, is still covered in ice and snow on February 18, 2021. In the days leading up to Christmas, AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter expects the storms to miss Texas on the days that frigid temperatures are felt throughout the state, but it's something the weather team is watching closely.Ī neighborhood in Waco, Texas, is seen covered in ice and snow on February 18, 2021. In 2021, the grid was pummeled by frigid temperatures, ice and snow, making it an especially dangerous environment for the southern state. Temperatures begin to ease after Christmas, but the state could still be subject to temps that are 14 degrees lower than the average for late December. The entirety of the state is expected to have colder than normal temperatures, with northern Central Texas subject to the coldest temperatures as low as 30 degrees colder than the state's average. Texas is expected to be hit with a warm spell roughly three days before Christmas, but the temperatures plunge beginning December 23 and continue to dip through Christmas. The forecast shows Texas experiencing a quick cold blast with temperatures as cold as 17 degrees lower than the average before returning to normal on December 19. #cltwx #ncwx #scwx #wcnc /IpFvd011fL- Brad Panovich December 13, 2022 The Texas Grid is going to be tested again. The bigger story going forward is the Arctic blast that moves into the west first then pushing east for Christmas. ![]()
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