The deep freeze that gripped Texas in mid-February 2021 led to a series of cascading crises. The economic damage of this electric and human catastrophe could reach $200 billion, rivaling the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history.
Black & Veatch’s Power industry subject-matter experts Kevin Ludwig, Mark Dittus, and Sean Tilley take a deeper look at the importance of freeze protection to help ensure that power plants have the capability to operate throughout the possible range of environmental conditions. They also emphasize the importance of transmission expansion within ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) itself as renewable power grows in importance.
