Troubles in an Australian power grid facing record summer heat may provide a cautionary tale for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas as it faces a high probability of a blistering summer with a 7.4% reserve margin, which has been called “very scary.” Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Australian state of Victoria, which had rolling blackouts the weekend of January 25 due to generation outages amid a record heat wave, somewhat resembles Texas, in that both have embraced renewable energy and have endured some backlash because of it. A record-breaking heat wave in southern Australia boosted the high temperature on January 25 in Melbourne, the largest city, to about 109 degrees Fahrenheit, compared with an average January high of 82 degrees. With surging demand from air conditioning, Victoria’s peakload was forecast to top 9.5 GW, compared with the state’s […]