ERCOT Releases Plan To Strengthen Texas' Electric Grid

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The 60-point “Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability” includes more energy conservation alerts and plans to increase transmission capacity in South and West Texas.


The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, released what it is calling a “Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability.” It comes amid angst over whether the governor and lawmakers did enough to improve the statewide electric grid during the regular legislative session.

The 60-point plan includes more conservation alerts, like the one issued in June as offline electric plants almost caused statewide blackouts. It also seeks to increase transmission capacity from South and West Texas while keeping the rest of the grid stable. There was similar legislation proposed in the last session, but it died in the House.

The ERCOT plan also will require generators and transmission line owners to provide a signed document twice a year with details of weatherization for summer and winter, in an effort to prevent another massive breakdown like the one during February’s storm.

ERCOT also says it has already completed 20 of the points, and says many of the next steps will have to be made by the Public Utility Commission.

Read more: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/ercot-releases-plan-to-strengthen-texas-electric-grid/

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