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Capacity lost during winter storm Uri was due to power infrastructure that wasn't sufficiently winterized, and that shortfall was broad across the energy mix.
by abathur 3y ago
Capacity lost during winter storm Uri was due to power infrastructure that wasn't sufficiently winterized, and that shortfall was broad across the energy mix.
Most of the unexpected capacity offline was actually natgas. This is unambiguous in even an analysis commissioned by the Texas Oil and Gas Association: https://docs.txoga.org/files/2644-4-22-21-enverus_txoga_winter-storm-uri-natural-gas-analysis.pdf https://docs.txoga.org/files/2644-4-22-21-enverus_txoga_wint...
Page/slide 21 is particularly instructive on this point. If you believe anything else, you need to take a pretty critical look at whoever's been disinforming you on this topic and why.