ERCOT would take that step to keep the grid in balance and prevent a network collapse if demand begins to exceed supply. The duration of the outages would be limited, ERCOT said, and occur only in ...

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However, the tests to the grid these past two winter seasons have not acted as "true stress tests," Krishnamoorti said. The current freeze is "much less intense" in terms of temperature and ...