ERCOT's AI Planning Reduces Texas' Storm-Related Grid Outages

Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)
Utilities Learn to Weather the StormsWinter Storm Uri, which struck Texas from February 13 to 17, 2021, led to the deaths of 246 Texans and caused more than $300 billion in damage. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) failed on the "reliability" part, with 33% of its capacity offline during that event. Thousands of Texans faced rolling blackouts in deeply sub-freezing conditions.In a webinar hosted by power indust