As of Thursday evening the Texas power grid has been able to handle the high demand caused by the blast of cold arctic air across the state.
ERCOT, the agency that manages the Texas power grid, projects that peak power demand will be at 9 a.m. on Friday.That is a few thousand megawatts above what ERCOT projected for peak demand this winter.Unresponsive man, 7 others hospitalized as emergency crews respond to calls during arctic blast
Friday night also bears watching once equipment has had to endure a long period of time below freezing. Energy consultant Doug Lewin notes that there are a number of factors that don't make this storm have as big of an impact as Winter Storm Uri in 2021. "I think this is not a true test. I would call that a small quiz at the beginning of the semester or something," said Lewin, the president of Stoic Energy. "The final exam will be another Uri type of event.""I think the biggest wild card, the things that we don't know about that could impact things negatively, would be gas supply."As of Thursday evening, there was more than 12,000 megawatts of reserve power.
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