The ERCOT grid will continue to be tested by extreme weather each summer and weather. Grid failure can still happen for other reasons than supply-demand management. For example if wind blades and gas pipes freeze and crack. After the blackouts of a couple of years ago they’ve done some pretty major weatherising of generation assets. Between that and the load balancing of bitcoin mining it’s more resilient now than 2 years ago. But not invincible.

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