Texas Energy Grid Shows Signs of Buckling as Major Storm Approaches

The Texas energy grid has shown signs of faltering just as a “very substantial” arctic cold front is set to hit the Lone Star State as early as Friday morning. The grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), failed during snowstorms that hit the state in February 2021. The failure knocked out power for 4.5 million homes and businesses for days and contributed to the deaths of over 240 Texans. ERCOT’s dashboard showing grid conditions was down on Wednesday evening, according to a tweet by Jeremy Rogalski, an investigative reporter for the news station KHOU-TV. ERCOT’s webpage showing hourly resource outage data was also down, he reported. Newsweek