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Key figures on the system failure suffered by ERCOT during storm Uri in February 2021

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February 2021

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United States (Texas)

Survey time period

Februray 14-15, 2021

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ERCOT's performance indicators in February 2021

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Mar 2, 2021
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates Texas' electricity grid, came perilously close to a complete system blackout in ***. The Texas power crisis saw power generation fall by **** percent in the night between * and *. Over *** power generators were forced offline due to winter storm Uri and the resulting drop in temperatures, which caused power plant equipment and water for thermal power generation to freeze. The predicted winter peak as of **** was * megawatts. ERCOT's operating system ran below a frequency of **** hertz for roughly **** minutes, **** minutes short of risking a complete system blackout.
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