high demand until august. they expected that was going to be peak demand for the texas energy grid. but instead, we already hit that peak demand earlier this month. in fact, this week there was record-breaking demand on the power system. so much so, that ercot had to ask people to conserve energy on monday and wednesday afternoon, telling them to turn those thermostats up a couple of degrees and not run those large appliances, because there may not have been enough energy left in the reserves in order to ensure that people did not have to deal with blackouts and power outages. ercot did say that we will not see systemwide outages and we have not seen that. to your point, it s still a concern for many people here, particularly those who lived through february 2021 winter freeze, and the other concern with that is that for people who did not lose power during that incident, many of them received astronomical electric
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is reportedly pleading with crypto miners to help the state get through the bitter winter in the event the electric power grid fails.
Stratton Horres (Partner-Dallas, TX), Karen L. Bashor (Partner-Las Vegas, NV) and Taylor A. Buono (Associate-Las Vegas, NV) co-authored an article titled "The Texas Energy Grid
Monday, April 5, 2021
Starting in late February, over 2.7 million Texas households were left without energy and over 100 people died as a severe winter storm caused a series of rolling blackouts across Texas, drawing national attention to the state’s energy grid. While some leaders blamed the state-wide outages on wind and solar, an emerging expert consensus suggests that multiple cascading factors including non-winterized power plants and the state’s deregulated, independent grid system culminated in the energy crisis. Now, several weeks out from the crisis, new solar opportunities and challenges are beginning to take shape in the Lone Star State. While Texas lawmakers have advanced legislative proposals to impose additional costs and burdens on solar providers, private demand for solar energy solutions especially rooftop solar has increased as households across Texas seek independence from their state’s independent grid.