The propaganda is strong with this article. Wind provides only 25%, only?? And they like to talk about what was offline, which is interesting and important. But, the bottom line is wind was only producing between 3-17% of its capacity during this event (based on my watching ERCOT real time data).
Wind is expensive, intermittent, and did not produce when needed. During the summer, winds in Texas are light, and electrical load is highest in the summer.
Therefore, in winter and summer when you need power, wind is missing in action. It is a boondoggle and waste of resources and money.
Which was pretty much in line with what ERCOT had expected. They project wind generation depending on the conditions and the turbines performed as they thought they would.
The gas plants, on the other hand...