Texas’s power grid appeared to hold firm despite media warnings after a winter storm slammed the state with snow and freezing cold temperatures.
Power lines are seen on February 19, 2021 in Texas City, Texas. - A fierce and deadly winter storm that wreaked havoc in the southern and central US. This time around, Texas had about 70,000 outages by Thursday morning, nowhere close to the 4 million outages reported in 2021. About half had their power restored by evening.
Abbott, who was attacked politically over the energy issues during the previous storm and face challengers in next month's primary, took to Twitter last summer to explain why the grid was able to handle the extra pressure then and this time around."Texas power grid was slated to hit a record high demand w/the heat on Tuesday," Abbott tweeted in. "It didn’t happen! Why? New strategies & tools used at ERCOT & PUC are increasing capacity & reducing demand.
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