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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by pridkett on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:59AM (#26143304)
Most of this is correct, but thankfully, wind turbines do not appear to be frozen. In fact, current wind power to the grid is 4300MW. The predicted level is about 2450MW for right now. That’s difference amounts to the entire reserve power in their grid. You can see this on the ERCOT page (it’s a popup which is hard to link from mobile). If wind wasn’t doing so well things would be even more painful.

Everything else you said appears to be spot on.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by netsec_burn on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:20AM (#26143506)
Their press release from Feb 24th indicates that yesterday they were frozen. Perhaps not today, however. http://www.ercot.com/news/releases/show/225151
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by heyflyguy on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:40AM (#26143708)
They were frozen. De-icing helicopters un-froze them.
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