HOUSTON — Imagine driving a 30- or 40-year-old car, every day for hours a day in the height of the Texas summer heat. That’s akin to what ERCOT is facing with its thermal fleet – coal, gas and nuclear power plants – which are the backbone of the ERCOT grid.
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