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WanderingEng  ·  1014 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ERCOT triggers Texans with another warning on conserving energy

I'm not familiar with the details of how ERCOT manages available generation, but in MISO they cannot deny generation outages. I'd be surprised if ERCOT has more power. But, most generators do want to be on in times like this because they make a lot of money. I wouldn't be surprised if they had planned their outage months or even a year or two in advance and had specialized outside contractors lined up. It might have been a question of making a million dollars last week versus paying out $500,000 in contract commitments and run the risk of having a failure without this maintenance and missing out on millions of revenue.