Texas adds half a million people in 2024, creating more grid concerns

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
A lack of power plants has put an already shaky
grid on notice.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The state doesn't have enough to provide any assurance that
in a bad weather incident, we can guarantee the delivery
of electricity.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
UH energy expert at Hers says we would be five
years behind even if we started today, and more power
plants are a fleeting option because demand is so high elsewhere.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
So one thing that could save us in five to
ten years would be enough solar plants and batteries, but
that's not going to get us through these cold winter nights.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
He says. Lawmakers are failing to think ahead for the
betterment of the state. Andre Parard News Radio seven forty
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