• DocumentCode
    2066606
  • Title

    ERCOT´s review of the February 2011 cold weather event

  • Author

    D´Annunzio, C. ; Betanabhatla, V. ; Koepke, J. ; Reyes, L.S. ; Flores, I. ; Sarma Nuthalapati, N.D.R. ; Blevins, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-26 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    During the first week of February 2011, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), an independent system operator that manages approximately 85% of Texas´ power usage, experienced unusually cold weather conditions. The severe conditions led to generation losses which affected over 3 million electric customers [1]. This paper describes the weather conditions experienced and summarizes the chronology of ERCOT´s operational events.
  • Keywords
    power consumption; power system reliability; ERCOT operational events; ERCOT review; Electric Reliability Council of Texas; cold weather event; generation losses; independent system operator; power system reliability; Educational institutions; Power system reliability; Reliability; Temperature distribution; Wind; Independent System Operator; Power Grid; Power System Operations; Power System Reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1944-9925
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2727-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1944-9925
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345598
  • Filename
    6345598