Texas Power Grid Still Vulnerable: Dallas Fed

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The Texas electrical grid is still vulnerable to severe weather despite safeguards instituted after the deadly February 2021 deep freeze that caused widespread power outages, the Dallas Federal Reserve said Tuesday. Since the freeze roughly two years ago, which caused key components of the state's electrical system to fail, Texas has introduced new regulations, standards to weatherize its grid and made operational changes. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas called for increased enforcement of those standards, more incentives to boost thermal power generation and Texas' so-called enhanced demand-response programs, which can include paying large power customers to curtail electricity use during peak demand.