DALLAS — Texas’ power grid is ready to handle the winter storm expected to hit the state on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders said Tuesday at a news conference in Austin.
Abbott said the state has prepared for nearly a year for weather with conditions similar to last year’s deadly storm, which caused a failure in the state’s electrical grid and dayslong power outages across Texas. The freeze isn’t expected to be as long as the 2021 winter storm. This week, freezing temperatures will last about 48 hours, unlike last year’s 139-hour freeze when more than 240 people died as a result of the storm.
The power grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is ready for electricity demand that could be near what the state experienced last year, Abbott said.
