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" ... In thinking about winterizing wind turbines, he compared the situation to buying a car. If you will only use heated seats once in the lifetime of the car, would you spend the money to buy them? ... "
" ... Investors in utility-scale Texas generation assets will need to look for answers to important questions, says Bartlett. “What operational improvements might be made? What changes to market structure might all this beget? Importantly, what are people willing to pay for and what are they getting for their money?” As temperatures warm, repairs are made and memories fade, “it remains to be seen the degree to which Texans actually find the status quo untenable,” says Bartlett. Do Texans really want to shoulder the costs of winterizing wind turbine blades or power plant equipment for a once-in-a-generation deep freeze when that money could be better spent on microgrids and storage systems that will get far more long-term use in the heat of summer or the aftermath of hurricanes? “You would never build a utility for the day that the water pipes freeze in Houston,” says Bartlett. “You wouldn’t build a utility for a day when it got to zero in Dallas.” ... "
" ... So, renewables advocates bristle when frozen wind turbines are blamed for power outages, pointing out that they often operate in colder environments than Texas. This is very much true but ignores that winterizing the turbines cost money, and generators in Texas, facing a competitive market, chose not to spend the money. Unfortunately, some of their customers signed up for electricity sold at spot prices, not realizing that there was a small possibility that prices could spike to exorbitant levels. Essentially, they self-insured without understanding the risks. (I’m assuming most of them were not energy economists.) ... "
" ... Texas thought it had ample backup power sources, but this historic weather event caused the system to fail. Still, the best available options for firm backup power are natural gas and nuclear power. In the future, I suspect more money will be spent adequately winterizing natural gas infrastructure and water lines in these utilities. That is one of the best short-term remedies that could prevent the next crisis. ... "