Day: September 8, 2023

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ERCOT can’t move energy where it needs to go, and it’s putting the grid at risk

When power reserves dropped steeply Wednesday evening, pushing the Texas power grid into emergency mode, people had a lot of theories about what happened. Did a large power plant suddenly break down? Did the shorter fall days cut solar power just when we needed it? Was it something else entirely?

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