2 Electric Supply Improvements Helped Texas GulfCoast During Harvey via ERCOT

President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas gave 2 reasons Texas electric systems withstood Harvey better than other natural disasters:

• an investment in smart meters
• software improvements in power distribution grids

How did smart meters & software improvements help? 

• smart meters helped companies recognize transmission problems before some residents even knew they didn’t have power
• software improvementsb helped shift a new transmission line inland to maintain power supplies

Houston Chronicle | Smart meters helped Houston withstand widespread power loss during Harvey