The sweltering Texas heat is putting extreme strain on the same power grids that failed during February's deadly winter storms.
Newly released data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows that there have been a total ofacross the state. In addition, between June 14-18, 97 power plants had a total of 224 unplanned outages. Of those 97 plants, two-thirds went down during February's storms, according to KHOU.
Plants running off natural gas suffered the most, being responsible for 49 percent of all reduction in output, according to KHOU's investigation. Natural gas plants had a reduction of 8,894 megawatts during the June 14-18 span. Comparatively, 4,271 megawatts were unavailable from wind power and 2,098 megawatts were reduced from solar power, the station found., however, is not a supporter of alternate forms of energy.
"The unplanned outages during the week of June 14 were due mostly to mechanical failures. We did issue a Request for Information to the generation owners, and their responses are due back later this month. We hope to better understand whether there are any commonalities in those unplanned outages due to things like supply chain issues or routine maintenance delays resulting from the February winter storm," she stated.
"I certainly could have done a better job emphasizing what was coming and had that communication with the board in more depth as well. So I understand your frustration," Magness said.
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