ERCOT Says Texas Electric Generators Ready For Winter Weather Following On-Site Winterization Inspections

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

December 30, 2021

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced Thursday, Dec. 30 it has completed on-site inspections of mandatory winterization efforts and the news is good.

ERCOT said inspection results show the independently-owned electric generation fleet and electric transmission companies serving the region are ready for winter weather.

Inspections were completed at more than 300 electric generation units, representing 85% of the megawatt hours lost during Winter Storm Uri due to outages at 22 transmission station facilities in February.

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