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Interesting.Just, BTW. this has happened several times before, most recently in 2011. There was a 300 page FERC (federal) report after the 2011 debacle. This report detailed the required fixes, including insulation and other measures against the cold. The state posted "best practices". The power companies did little. The state government forced nothing. They are not connected to the national grid and don't have to listen to anything FERC says.
If Texas wants to operate their own electrical system, their government needs to held responsible.
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BOTTOM LINE, this situation is a consequence of the refusal of the voters of Texas to accept rules or regulations, or to require their representatives to force requirements of the power companies.
Now that's what I call making a game plan and thinking outside the box.
Texas might want to go ahead and leave the Union now since they can carry all their belongings on their backs.I worked for utilities for 30 years,, mostly on the financial and regulatory side of the business.
There are several reasons for the crisis. One is NOT because of the 10% of wind turbines not helping (since they usually are not significant in winter).
1) Texas chose to refuse to have an system linked to other states. Texas didn't wanted to meet federal standards so they decided on a Texas-only system. When other areas are down, other states can help. Former Governor Perry said that Texans would bear lots more days in order to being connect to the federal grid, and to forced to meet their rules. Lots of freezing Texans disagree.
2) Natural gas plants simply weren't prepared and ready. The equipment couldn't operate, and couldn't be restarted.
3) ERCOT and state REFUSED to have necessary regulations to force the gas industry to have safeguards.
From what I gather, the "right" the conservatives in USA imagine that they are in a political war.I just don't understand why conservatives want to waste time attacking wind power when it has nothing to do with their problem. Why is there such undying devotion to this lie. This is the problem when you wish to love in another reality.
Now that's what I call making a game plan and thinking outside the box.
Comrades! Ted Cancun! What a load of stuff he does. Great Father and enemy of liberals and windmills. Who knew Winter was coming? How can Senator from Taxes know about Winter? And evil daughters making him go to hot places. Send them to their condo for time out to think about their shellfish behavior!Now that's what I call making a game plan and thinking outside the box.
Well, it certainly isn’t their fault!From what I gather, the "right" the conservatives in USA imagine that they are in a political war.
They want everything to be blamed on the left, Democrats, Socialists, greenies.
If their news sources aren't blaming everything on these things then they stop watching and they seek out other news sources which will give them what they want to hear.
Because their own greed and shortsightedness has plenty to do with the problem... but they're in no hurry to attack that.
From what I gather, the "right" the conservatives in USA imagine that they are in a political war.
They want everything to be blamed on the left, Democrats, Socialists, greenies.
If their news sources aren't blaming everything on these things then they stop watching and they seek out other news sources which will give them what they want to hear.
If the consumers want the legislators to look out for them, where are their lobbyists, hmm?Now that the power companies have had time to assess everything, they're ready to get their hands dirty with the tough job of spending millions of dollars on lobbyists to ensure legislators get to hear the concerns of poor hard-working energy utilities.
WFAA found energy-related industries this legislative session have hired 338 lobbyists, spending up to $24 million for their services in the first three-and-a-half months of this year. That’s more than the companies spent all of 2019, the last time the legislature was in session, the analysis found.
“We’ve set up the ERCOT casino over on the side with a bunch of electricity and energy traders,” Hirs said. “That doesn’t exist in a regulated market...The big losers: the consumers. Almost 200 dead and $50 billion changing hands from the consumer side of the ledger to the consumer side.
“There are no lobbyists in Austin looking out for the consumer," Hirs added. "That's of course what the legislators are supposed to do….”
It appears Texas will make it through this cold front. Overnight there was more than enough power to meet demand and as power demand has gone up today, there has been enough power to meet the demand. I suspect that the worst threat is over -- temperatures are going up today and, while still below freezing, power demand overnight should be lower than it was yesterday. For those interested, ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has a dashboard where you can see the current grid conditions and demand.How it started (12/21):
Gov. Abbott, PUC, ERCOT All Say Texas' Power Grid is Ready for the Approaching Arctic Storm
How it's going (12/22):
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All is well in TX.