2022 Cold Snap Shows Resistance is Futile

In the early dark of Friday morning, ERCOT missed its demand forecast by a whopping 13 gigawatts. It’s an egregious mistake, and it scrambles the odds of blackouts through this severe cold snap.

But the reason for the error is pretty clear: ERCOT can’t get its head around the amount of electricity Texans are forced to use when it gets this cold…