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re: Texas Power Grid
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:02 pm to SlapahoeTribe
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:02 pm to SlapahoeTribe
quote:Nope. My outages, 9 so far, have ranged from 02:26:00 to 00:24:00.
Those people in multi-hour blackouts probably aren’t in a controlled outage, but rather in a zone that has lost power due to the weather and it has yet to be repaired.
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Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:03 pm to CorchJay
Have to call bull on this post. Texas has a gouging law and Abbot declared a state of Emergency.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:04 pm to Diamondawg
My power is cutting on for 1 minute at a time with 30 minutes in between. 
Who is that supposed to help?
Thankfully my stove is gas so we can have hot meals, but this is getting ridiculous.
Who is that supposed to help?
Thankfully my stove is gas so we can have hot meals, but this is getting ridiculous.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:10 pm to CorchJay
You vote for these people, even republicans, who say they believe in all of the above. Whenever I hear that, I call bullshite.
I’ve worked 30 years in the energy industry, primarily nuclear and coal.
It is nuclear, coal, and natural gas. Hydro of course on existruns of rivers and lakes.
You still have to backup renewable energy. Case in point. Today.
I’ve worked 30 years in the energy industry, primarily nuclear and coal.
It is nuclear, coal, and natural gas. Hydro of course on existruns of rivers and lakes.
You still have to backup renewable energy. Case in point. Today.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:12 pm to CorchJay
quote:
Why would you hear from the power company
Entergy called me 3 times today
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:17 pm to Deplorableinohio
quote:
You still have to backup renewable energy. Case in point. Today.
The biggest lesson learned from today is that apparently natural gas needs backup too.
This post was edited on 2/15/21 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 2/15/21 at 8:58 pm to HubbaBubba
Had power all day in Allen TX Hubba. Imagine my turn is coming though.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 9:06 pm to TrueTiger
Everyone on that thread can quit crying. We have been w/o power since 2 am today and won't get any until late tomorrow or Wed.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 9:39 pm to billjamin
Could you imagine if all power was green!
Posted on 2/15/21 at 9:50 pm to billjamin
quote:Oh. You do the easy stuff.
The guy I usually partner with in these handles that side. I mostly do the technical diligence and find the capital (tep or other), etc.
quote:
selling. I did a bunch of securitization and TEP deals. I’m definitely not on the buying side.
quote:Good luck. And watch what Total is doing.
I actually already have an interconnection approval for the wind deal that was approved for this and got blown up. I have zero experience with this happening though but we’re hopeful that we can just use that one or modify it, something to streamline the process.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 9:51 pm to CorchJay
Posted on 2/15/21 at 9:52 pm to TrueTiger
quote:TX problem isn't the day-night peak swings. it's the one-off event-driven swings. Unicorn would be large generation you could simply turn on and take adavantage of arbitrage rates. Then pickle it cheaply. Opposite of what solar and wind. Better description would be "on demand" power.
OFF Peak is 10pm - 6am so Solar almost never provides Off Peak.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 10:07 pm to Ollieoxenfree99
quote:
Everyone on that thread can quit crying. We have been w/o power since 2 am today and won't get any until late tomorrow or Wed.
I think those posts are older and they are now up to 10 to 20 hours without power like yourself, depending on where they are located.
This post was edited on 2/15/21 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 2/15/21 at 11:19 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Keep your cool down there, minus 27.4 degrees here now. Help is on the way for you as the Daughter says they started rolling blackouts in the Omaha/Belleview Nebraska area to limit consumption so as to send more power south to Texas.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:14 am to KCT
Is why I take the time to shop my supplier of energy use as with other items such as insurance. If the supplier relies on my long term commitment then they likewise assume risk. Those doing business with a CO-OP will likely get hammered.
Worse comes to worse will forward my next Uncle Sam stimulus check to Discount Power..
Worse comes to worse will forward my next Uncle Sam stimulus check to Discount Power..
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:15 am to ImaObserver
Probably because Texas sold its supply to Nevada or some such but this won't be discussed - frigid cold and selfish consumers will be blamed
Mayor of Odessa said 'given what we produce there better not be rolling blackouts here'
Mayor of Odessa said 'given what we produce there better not be rolling blackouts here'
This post was edited on 2/16/21 at 12:27 am
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:29 am to CorchJay
First, most in Texas are on fixed rate plans so additional costs will be felt by the power companies and not the customers. Second, even for those whom this isn’t the case Texas has extremely strict price gouging laws during official emergency states.
It’s pure fear mongering to tell people their electricity bills will be exponentially higher than usual. Some won’t see any price increase at all as many high usage plans cap at over 2000 kWh.
It’s pure fear mongering to tell people their electricity bills will be exponentially higher than usual. Some won’t see any price increase at all as many high usage plans cap at over 2000 kWh.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:30 am to Roger Klarvin
quote:
It’s pure fear mongering
OP's M.O., apparently.
No sane Texan is fretting right now.
Unfortunately...the number of sane Texans dwindles by the day, it seems.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:32 am to tigerfan0082
I'm in The Woodlands and our power went off Monday morning at 5:00 and came back on at 11:00 PM.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:37 am to TbirdSpur2010
Weird everything else I said came true. Guess you'll find out over the course of your next few "fixed rate" bills. Trust me unless federal funding is provided then yes the customer will foot the bill. The power companies will not. That's not how business operates. Trust me generation gets plenty of penalties if they are off just 1mw.
It was all Dur Hur... I aint heard nuffin bout no power... then bam shite hit the fan early today. Just as I said.
I'm not in the Texas energy market so doesn't affect me in anyway nor would I provide info for fear porn.
It was all Dur Hur... I aint heard nuffin bout no power... then bam shite hit the fan early today. Just as I said.
I'm not in the Texas energy market so doesn't affect me in anyway nor would I provide info for fear porn.
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