Will Texas grid upgrades help the state avoid power outages this winter?
Texas’s electric grid operator ERCOT is gearing up for a winter storm that’s expected to drop temperatures to about 15 degrees across the state early next week.
But Texans have reason to hope the electric grid will perform better in the cold than it did in 2021, when winter storm Uri caused massive power outages that left millions of homes and businesses in the dark. Nearly 25o people died.
Since then, Texas utilities have been on a renewable-energy building spree, adding giant batteries, windmills and solar panels that experts say will help the state better weather this winter.
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