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Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold
- throw0101a 6y agoSome folks in Texas listened: > El Paso is not apart of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a major grid operator that controls about 90% of the state’s electric load. El Paso Electric, which oversee's the electricity from Hatch to Van Horn, said the Borderland is apart of the Western International grid. […] > El Paso Electric said they always try to prepare for the future and after a winter storm in 2011, the utility company worked towards replacing and upgrading their equipment. Many generators now have antifreeze protection. * https://kvia.com/news/el-paso/2021/02/15/el-pasos-not-seeing-power-outages-like-the-rest-of-texas-and-heres-why/ https://kvia.com/news/el-paso/2021/02/15/el-pasos-not-seeing...
- dragonwriter 6y ago> El Paso is not apart of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) More accurately, El Paso is apart of ERCOT, as it is not a part of ERCOT.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoThe governor of Texas then was even less advanced than the one now.