> If not for natural gas, the blackouts would have been even worse, because at least they were able to be ramped up Natural Gas, Coal, and Nuclear accounted fo

> If not for natural gas, the blackouts would have been even worse, because at least they were able to be ramped up Natural Gas, Coal, and Nuclear accounted for over 80% of the lost generation. Most of that was gas. See page 16 here: https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2021/04/28/ERCOT_Winter_Storm_Generator_Outages_By_Cause_Updated_Report_4.27.21.pdf https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2021/04/28/ERCOT_Winter_Sto... Same thing happened in both 2011 and 1989… NatGas was not there when the state needed it most.