Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid

Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jhayward on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:48AM (#26144389)

> Texas had peak electrical production capacity of 37,600MW for it's population of 29M

Texas delivered a peak of over 60GW last night, before an unprecedented falloff in generating capacity due to weather and grid conditions.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by tgtweak on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:45PM (#26145039)

Majority of the difference between consumption and generation is imported. ERCOT is operating at 52,000MW right now, with 37,600 of it being generated on-grid.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jhayward on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:36PM (#26174378)

No. Texas does not have 15 GW of import capacity.

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