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Texas grid crisis

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What's going on in TX, etc? It sounds like demand is hitting record levels, do they use a lot of electric heat there? They're losing production too.

Blackouts Hit 13 States Beyond Texas in Deepening Power Crisis
"Power plants with a combined capacity of more than 34 gigawatts were forced offline overnight, including nuclear reactors, coal and gas generators and wind farms, Woodfin said. It’s not yet clear why."

https://twitter.com/ERCOT_ISO/status/1361142665140711427
#ERCOT set a new winter peak demand record this evening, reaching 69,150 MW between 6 and 7 p.m. This is more than 3,200 MW higher than the previous winter peak set back in January 2018.