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re: Texas Power Grid
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:42 am to KCT
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:42 am to KCT
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Obtw, I just talked to a Reliant representative and they said that anybody with a contract rate will still get that same rate. It's the month-to-month people who are going to have sticker shock.
This is accurate, though even those on month to month plans are somewhat protected by the state of emergency declaration. Abbott is going to be EXTREMELY strict with price hikes by power companies.
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Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:44 am to CorchJay
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Trust me
No.
Go shite up a rope.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:53 am to CorchJay
Posted on 2/16/21 at 2:36 am to TbirdSpur2010
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shite up a rope.
Gross
Posted on 2/16/21 at 6:40 am to CorchJay
How is it that Texas power grid seems to fail with 5M+ without power while it seems like Oklahoma is doing just fine? Is the Texas power grid that bad?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 9:03 am to Roger Klarvin
Some fixed rate plans are fixed rate plus a fuel adjustment. Been without power now for 48 hours now. Ugly way to avoid peak power costs.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 9:10 am to Trevaylin
A few headlines from The Bee
People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out
Texans Forced To Cut Open Cattle With Lightsabers And Climb Inside For Warmth
People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out
Texans Forced To Cut Open Cattle With Lightsabers And Climb Inside For Warmth
Posted on 2/16/21 at 9:17 am to Redleg Guy
Nothing wrong with the infrastructure.
This is a supply redundancy issue when you rely on renewables that don't show up.
Other markets have 'capacity markets' which pays generator to stick around but not generate.
Think of paying farmers to be in the 'not raising hogs' business. Even though they are not delivering any goods, they are being paid to stick around just in case.
Texas does not have a capacity market but most other grids do. In the original design the idea was that paying for people to do nothing but exist was wasteful. And while that is true, you do create a reliability risk.
So the question is, how much reliability are you willing to pay for?
This is a supply redundancy issue when you rely on renewables that don't show up.
Other markets have 'capacity markets' which pays generator to stick around but not generate.
Think of paying farmers to be in the 'not raising hogs' business. Even though they are not delivering any goods, they are being paid to stick around just in case.
Texas does not have a capacity market but most other grids do. In the original design the idea was that paying for people to do nothing but exist was wasteful. And while that is true, you do create a reliability risk.
So the question is, how much reliability are you willing to pay for?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:33 pm to TrueTiger
Arkansas was one of the hardest hit, with both ice last week and a foot-plus of snow this week.
Can one of you energy knowledgeable people explain possibly why there different? Is it just less customers/demand on tbeir grid?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:39 pm to RazorBroncs
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Can one of you energy knowledgeable people explain possibly why there different? Is it just less customers/demand on tbeir grid?
I think step 1 is population correcting that.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:42 pm to Taxing Authority
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Oh. You do the easy stuff.
Dude, it was easy back when I got to use the c list IE companies. Now that they make me use people with integrity
and these banks all have their own phd engineers who are IE alum, it’s gotten more complicated. But I still get them done. quote:
Watch what Total is doing
Thanks for the heads up, I’ve heard they’re making moves but need to read up on it.
This post was edited on 2/16/21 at 12:59 pm
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