I think I get what you're saying. the amount of energy required increased, and therefore the % of energy from natural resources decreased because carbon plants are running 3 times as hot? especially since you'd rather burn free renewable energy as opposed to a limited supply of gas.
but isnt that the point? even if wind energy held up better than expected, theyre still not enough to cover the energy needs?
texas needs energy that they dont have.
and obviously the wind/solar output DID drop, and carbon plants have to make up for it
Yeah, Texas needs energy they don't have. They could have it if they were connected to any other power grid. But they purposefully built their grid to be incompatible with the US's other grids. There are still some interchanges, but those are inefficient (have to convert power from AC to DC and then back to AC at a different frequency) and running well over their capacity right now.
but isnt that the point? even if wind energy held up better than expected, theyre still not enough to cover the energy needs?
texas needs energy that they dont have.
and obviously the wind/solar output DID drop, and carbon plants have to make up for it