"Duke also saw its gas generation drop off just when it was needed most, according to federal data. Generation from its plants fell about 42% from more than 6.6 gigawatts to a low of about 3.8 gigawatts on Dec. 24, the day it instituted outages.
The weather caused a reduction in Duke’s generation and extra electricity couldn’t be brought in from other power producers or from out of state because those utilities were also facing shortages, a Duke representative said in an email Thursday. And some of Duke’s generation was also offline due to planned or maintenance outages unrelated to the storm."
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Being connected to the inter-state power grid does not always help
See Fossil Fuel Power Fell Up to 68% as Blackouts Hit US South by Josh Saul, Naureen S. Malik and Mark Chediak of Bloomberg. Excerpts:
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