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Natural gas providers notify ERCOT of supply reductions: What that means for the power grid
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Beth Garza
Feb 17, 2022
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“These magnitudes of curtailment are not surprising and evidence of the limitations of natural gas as a reliable fuel for generators in cold conditions,” said Beth Garza, a senior energy fellow at the R Street Institute. “As long as Houston, Corpus, and the Valley stay above freezing, this coming weather will be a nonevent from a state wide supply perspective.”
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