The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is back in the news.

The WFAA report stated that since Wednesday morning, grid operators have been closely monitoring the supply and demand of the state's grid.

If you are like me, you would think "What the hell is this?" The weather here has been very good recently. So, how could they encounter the problem of excessive grid pressure?

The problem is that in the warmer autumn and spring, ERCOT will take plants off the grid for maintenance, which leads to a decrease in supply.

Although the weather was very good, it was warmer than usual, so the demand was slightly higher than expected, resulting in a drop in the closing price yesterday.

Yesterday, it was predicted that the energy demand in Texas will exceed the supply. However, ERCOT believes that there is no need to issue public protection alerts.

The grid operator is expected to monitor the situation closely in the next 48 hours.

Understandably, when we heard that ERCOT had supply problems after a fatal power outage during the brutal winter storm we had to endure in February last year, many Texans would feel nervous, which is understandable.

However, the grid operator submitted a "road map to improve grid reliability" to Governor Greg Abbott in July. Peter Lake, PUC chairman and ERCOT board member, stated that they are actively moving to a more reliable grid:

ERCOT’s roadmap clearly focuses on protecting customers while ensuring that Texas maintains free market incentives to bring a new generation to the state. Texans deserve a more reliable power grid, and we are actively working to make it a reality.

Let us hope that a more reliable power grid will in fact become a reality-sooner rather than later.