What went wrong with the Texas power grid?
What went wrong is that the Texas legislature which owns Texas-specific grid process to avoid interference from the Feds didn&#x27;t figure out how to also ensure Texas generator companies got compensated for weatherizing (and ensuring it was done).<p>How many of the 24+6 recommendations from the NERC&#x2F;FERC review of last time this happened in Texas (hint:2011) were taken up by the legislature or those at ERCOT they delegated responsibility to or the power generation providers?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nerc.com&#x2F;pa&#x2F;rrm&#x2F;ea&#x2F;ColdWeatherTrainingMaterials&#x2F;FERC NERC Findings and Recommendations.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nerc.com&#x2F;pa&#x2F;rrm&#x2F;ea&#x2F;ColdWeatherTrainingMaterials&#x2F;...</a><p>The eye opener to me from skimming the 2011 recommendations is that there was no explicit rating&#x2F;SLA for a power plant&#x27;s acceptable temperature operating that could be used by planners for assessing the risks of an upcoming weather event by policy planners. It&#x27;d seem pretty basic to be able to ask &quot;How many plants do we lose when temperature drops below X&quot;? 
 Dunno whether they fixed trying to create such a basic measurement for Texas plants, but it doesn&#x27;t seem like it.<p>If you want to know some of the specifics about what &quot;winterization&quot; means in practice for a power plant including natural gas ones, you can read some of the details in that report. It&#x27;s kinda interesting.