ERCOT's meteorologist predicted a warmer winter for Texas, but the forecast also came with an elevated chance of extreme winter weather.
A CSX and Union Pacific train passes by the Handley Generating Station in East Fort Worth, pictured here working during a winter storm warning after freezing rain and sleet covered the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Feb. 3, 2022.AUSTIN – The lead meteorologist for the Texas power grid said Tuesday there is an elevated chance for extreme winter weather similar to the storm that pushed the power grid to the brink of collapse in 2021.
ERCOT officials estimated 17% of solar capacity will produce electricity during peak demand hours this winter, compared with 76% in the summer.ERCOT officials have said that if a major winter storm triggers blackouts this winter, the impact would be less severe than the 2021 weather event that blanketed vast swaths of the state in snow and ice while temperatures remained below freezing for days.
ERCOT has also implemented an incentive program to encourage fossil fuel power plants to keep backup fuel on site in case supplies are cut off by winter weather.
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