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Texas grid over relies on natural gas to restore power after blackouts - study

Reuters · last updated

The Texas electric grid is too dependent on natural gas-fired backup power generators after blackouts, U.S. regulators found on Tuesday in a study that also called for gas suppliers and electric utilities to sync their plans to recover from outages.

The joint study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC), and six regional entities which encompass nearly 400 million customers, looked at outages in Texas during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri.

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