Background: extreme weather stressed generation, gas supply and power markets simultaneously. Signals Almanac would have used: weather ensembles, grid conditions, gas constraints, market liquidity and emergency policy actions. Decision alternatives: secure capacity, hedge exposure, shed load or pause operations.

What Almanac would recommend: act earlier on high-confidence weather and gas signals, then update the hedge plan as system stress rises.

References: ERCOT reports · IEA · FERC analyses · Reuters coverage · academic energy-system papers.