In the press conference on Wednesday, Lake highlights a risky "new reality" the power grid in Texas could face this summer. wind energy in 2021," according to a " Review of the Texas Economy," from the Texas Comptroller in September 2022. "For the last decade and a half, Texas has led the nation in wind-powered electricity generation, producing nearly 26% of the U.S. Wind power also accounted for 25% of Texas's electricity generation in 2022, second to natural gas which accounted for 43%. "So we will be relying on renewables to keep the lights on."ĮRCOT says wind energy (28.6%) is only behind natural gas (48.6%) in terms of generating capacity for 2023 in the state. "On the hottest day of summer, there is no longer enough on-demand dispatchable power generation to meet demand in the ERCOT system," Lake said at a press conference on Wednesday. Lake says that in the same time frame, ERCOT's on-demand dispatchable power supply has grown only 1.5%. According to Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake, Texas's population grew 24% from 2008 to 2022, but Texas's on-demand dispatchable power supply hasn't kept up with this growth. This new projected record peak goes hand-in-hand with the population growth Texas has seen since 2008. (Photo by Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images) The sun sets behind power transmission lines in Texas, the United States on July 11, 2022.
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