> but we need a lot more nuclear that can be dialed up to compensate for renewables going offline The problem wasn't the renewables going offline, they dipped

> but we need a lot more nuclear that can be dialed up to compensate for renewables going offline The problem wasn't the renewables going offline, they dipped in production due to not being winterized, but that was well modelled and they actually outperformed their expected output. The problem, as mentioned in toomuchtodo's links, was the nuclear and gas plants going offline because they weren't winterized and trying to take the grid down with them. The mix was fine, but the market rewarded the cheapest preparations and the state government didn't step in to intervene.