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Biggest lesson thus far for the state---we need to decentralize electricity production

Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:01 pm
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:01 pm
We need a 100 small plants in SE Louisiana rather than these foolish transmission lines from large power plants that run 50-100 miles through swamp and over Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River.

Most all of the plants along the River produce their own power.

Deregulate power generation in Louisiana today!!! I want five or six choice of power companies like people have in Texas.
This post was edited on 9/1/21 at 3:02 pm
Posted by Tbonepatron
Member since Aug 2013
8461 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:02 pm to
ERCOT has entered the chat
Posted by lsutiger2010
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Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:02 pm to
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Posted by puse01
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Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:02 pm to
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Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
81736 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

Deregulate power generation in Louisiana today!!! I want five or six choice of power companies like people have in Texas.

Politicians voting for their own gravy train to dry up? Nah
Posted by Duke
Dillon, CO
Member since Jan 2008
36408 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:03 pm to
Like, lets say we put a bunch of solar panels on roofs?
Posted by LSUWoodworker
St George "God's Country "
Member since Dec 2007
18679 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:04 pm to
We builda big dam brockoff river. Generate rots of relectricity for IB Chonaman and movie credits
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
25120 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:04 pm to
quote:

Biggest lesson thus far for the state---we need to decentralize electricity production




Our politicians need to stop focusing on COVID and start focusing on infrastructure. These gagglefricks we got now spent the last 20 months worrying about social distancing and masks and apparently spent no time on getting convoys of fuel trucks en-route, etc. I blame them 100% for this.

EBR avoided a major hit and it's an absolute shite show out there.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
14506 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:05 pm to
Underground utilities would negate this.
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:05 pm to
ERCOT will be much more effective in preventing what happened in Texas in the future than any group of fat cat politicians we elect as PSC members.
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:07 pm to
NG plants are very small.

Many of the generation plants used by companies along the river are 10MW and bigger. That would run a small town easily.

LSU produces it's own power.
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10710 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:07 pm to
And owned by Chy-na.
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
391 miles away from Tiger Stadium
Member since Mar 2012
5860 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:18 pm to
quote:

LSU produces it's own power


It produces some. But it does produce all of the steam moved around campus that is used for heating and cooling.
Posted by dude960
Awash in a sea of cubes
Member since Aug 2004
118 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:23 pm to
Duct banks stop most,not all,but most of this.
Posted by dude960
Awash in a sea of cubes
Member since Aug 2004
118 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:36 pm to
Duct banks stop most,not all,but most of this.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
97204 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:39 pm to
quote:

Deregulate power generation in Louisiana today!!! I want five or six choice of power companies like people have in Texas.



You must have missed the disaster that was the Texas power grid during the ice storm. Along with people getting 8k dollar electric bills
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
283547 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:40 pm to
Boom

Govt overregulation of utilities is the primary issue.
Posted by Ross
Member since Oct 2007
47825 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:40 pm to
Decentralized electricity is the future, for sure.
Posted by PetroBabich
Donetsk Oblast
Member since Apr 2017
4934 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:41 pm to
Did you not see what happened in Texas over the winter? We do not want the Texas model.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
44285 posts
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:42 pm to
Agreed

Demco is getting power back on left & right and Entergy is still "assessing".
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