Regards this:
>>Texas has its own grid—you know that, right?
Most of Texas is under the Texas grid. El Paso in the West and the Pan Handle are not covered by it.
Texas base load power is maintained by the Comanche Peak nuclear plant in North Texas, west of Ft Worth and by the STP Nuclear Plant in Bay City on the Gulf Coast.
The Texas grid was a net generator until several coal power plants were decommissioned in the last 4-years due to Federal and State subsidized wind power (16% of Texas power now) and low natural gas prices.
This past summer the Texas grid nearly collapsed because all the wind turbines stopped generating near simultaneously.
Prices went to the stratosphere on the spot market until several natural gas peaker plants spooled up.
See:
https://www.powermag.com/texas-impending-reliability-issues-with-wind-power/
Losing either Comanche Peak or the the STP Nuclear Plants from COVID-19 staff getting infected simultaneously means the Texas grid collapses into rolling brown outs and black outs.
FULL STOP.
Hence the Fed’s briefing of the Dallas City Council so they can prepare.
I leave it to Texans to respond to you...
There would be no FULL STOP through the Highland Lakes dams which were built to generate hydroelectric power for Central Texas from Llano Co. down to Austin.
They will be recommissioning some of those coal plants, here in the US and around the world.
Everybody make sure to cough on Greta.
When does the Harris Cty council get briefed on this power situation?
There is more to energy generation in Texas than what you cited. I live in between two power plants southeast of San Antonio. I’m closer to Calaveras but I’m powered by Braunig.
Calaveras burns coal. Braunig uses steam. I should be good along with the San Antonio area.