Texas Power Crisis Is Getting Worse With Millions Left in Dark

“The grid requires instantaneous supply-demand balance close to 60 hertz with a very narrow error margin,” said Devin Hartman, director of energy and environmental policy at Washington-based R Street Institute. “In the event of a sudden imbalance, grid operators enact a set of procedures to restore balance, with the last resort being the controlled curtailment of service.”

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