Warnings about energy usage in Texas

The whole Texas grid is about to brown out. Having their own grid has consequences.

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I would think those idiots would know there’s more consumption due to cold.

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Fedgov made them close the coal plants, sad.

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Fedgov made them close the coal plants, sad

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Yeah, I guess they feel their stupid decisions are my problem. My heat is on 68 and not going any lower at night, sorry.

ERCOT had 14MW of power in reserve on Friday and peaked at 72mw. I think we're good.

I'm also involved with the EOP mandate by the RRC. shite has gotten much tighter since 2020.

They do not have their own grid. Grids are just like roads they all connect. They can purchase extra power from others thru transmission lines. From state to state.

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Fedgov made them close the coal plants, sad.

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Luckily some of them were just mothballed and rushed back into service or run on natural gas.

I passed the old coal plant in Gulfport last night, and to my surprise it was on and you could see that the plant was in use.

The Gulfport plant was converted to natural gas in 2015.

I noticed reduced use of the plant after Southern’s new clean coal plant in Kemper County became operational after years of delays and cost overruns.

Eventually, the new clean coal plant in Kemper was converted to natural gas because syngas was too power intensive to create from lignite coal mine from the site.

In the summer of 2021, Plans were announced that Mississippi Power wanted to shutdown a unit of about 1/4 of the power that could be generated at the plant in Gulfport as part of a green initiative in 2024. I guess they may be rethinking that idea.

There must be something in the water in the executive board rooms at power generating companies: Entergy and Southern/Mississippi Power. They certainly know how screw over the ratepayers.

I haven’t gotten anything. Link?

Heat to 68F
Cool to 74 F

We haven’t received any notices about shortages or requesting reduced usage. Temps will start to rise tomorrow so we are on the end of this. Texas seems to be one of the few states without rolling blackouts this time.