“everyone in the baseload energy industry, like me, isn’t surprised at all by what happened”
Is the solution to make the baseload producers more cold-resistant? I think that as an outsider. Doesn’t sound real expensive.
I also think the baseload producers (natural gas, nuclear, coal) need to have sufficient capacity to make wind and solar ‘not required’. Wind and solar can be used when conditions are good for them, but otherwise the baseload producers should be able to get the job done without them.
“Is the solution to make the baseload producers more cold-resistant?”
The 95,000 MWs of baseload coal that was shut down was cold-resistant.
I agree with your last paragraph. Green shuts down when there’s no wind, when the sun isn’t shining, and when it’s too cold. Baseload runs in all weather conditions.