No. The DC ties from SPP were maxed out for the duration. The DC ties from Mexico did not flow in because ERCOT banned gas exports which blacked out northern Mexico. There was no more gen running in ERCOT that was available, prices were so incredibly high that even the tiniest generator would have made a killing. The problem was mainly that gas supply was not available due to frozen wellheads.
Both. Wind power all but vanished, something like 90%. NG failed almost by half, but is the lion share of Texas power, this having a larger raw number of overall MW shortfall.
Some turbines were frozen up but the amount of generation missing absolutely pales compared to non capable gas gen. ERCOT could have probably nearly made it without the wind. It still would have hit price cap for a handful of hours Mon and Tues but not danger of systemic collapse like we saw.
You seem a little hostile there bud, it was an honest question, you said this is what you do for a living.
So again, the problem here was that ERCOT could have raised output or bought from out of state, but didn't?
No. The DC ties from SPP were maxed out for the duration. The DC ties from Mexico did not flow in because ERCOT banned gas exports which blacked out northern Mexico. There was no more gen running in ERCOT that was available, prices were so incredibly high that even the tiniest generator would have made a killing. The problem was mainly that gas supply was not available due to frozen wellheads.
I see, so you're saying it wasn't frozen turbines to blame but NG?
Both. Wind power all but vanished, something like 90%. NG failed almost by half, but is the lion share of Texas power, this having a larger raw number of overall MW shortfall.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/02/17/did-frozen-wind-turbines-impact-the-texas-freeze-heres-the-data-n1426208
Some turbines were frozen up but the amount of generation missing absolutely pales compared to non capable gas gen. ERCOT could have probably nearly made it without the wind. It still would have hit price cap for a handful of hours Mon and Tues but not danger of systemic collapse like we saw.