Posted on 06/04/2022 7:05:06 AM PDT by blam
Switzerland’s power supply remains uncertain for next winter and troubles with enough electricity capacity cannot be ruled out, the Swiss Federal Electricity Commission, Elcom, said in its annual news conference this week.
Swiss nuclear power generation could be lower in the winter, but more importantly, some of Switzerland’s neighboring countries, mostly France, could export less electricity.
Due to the expected lower availability of French nuclear power generation and of France’s power exports to Switzerland, the Swiss imports of power generated in France is likely to be much lower this winter compared to previous winter seasons, Elcom said.
Therefore, Switzerland may need to cover its electricity import needs of around 4 gigawatt hours (GWh) from imports from its other neighbors Germany, Austria, and Italy. Yet, the power export availability of those countries would heavily depend on the available fossil fuels, mostly natural gas, according to Elcom.
Various uncertainties remain about the security of power supply in Switzerland next winter, the Federal Electricity Commission noted.
According to a poll Elcom carried out among 613 Swiss electricity providers, most operators expect electricity tariffs to jump by around 47 percent, which means that household electricity prices would rise by around 20 percent.
The higher power prices have been driven by the surge in natural gas, coal, and carbon prices in recent months, Elcom said, adding that the lower nuclear power generation in France in recent months has also played a part in the price hikes.
Switzerland, as well as the rest of Europe, is bracing for a surge in power prices in the winter, as the EU—of which Switzerland is not a member—looks to cut its dependence on Russian natural gas. Russia, for its part, has already cut off gas supply to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, the Netherlands, and customers in Denmark and Germany that have refused to pay in rubles for gas.
They’re getting everyone psychologically prepared, aren’t they.
I wonder how many people are taking these threats, not warnings, to heart and prepping.
FEIW, I don’t expect any less here, either. They just haven’t been “warning” us yet.
Sacrifices have to be made to Gaia.
I was thinking earlier this morning, What else could go wrong?
I've decided not to post what I had originally typed....leave it at that.
Two page announcement; https://www.nerc.com/news/Headlines%20DL/May%2018%202022%20SRA%20Announcement.pdf
Full report; https://www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Reliability%20Assessments%20DL/NERC_SRA_2022.pdf
Map from full report has me on a different system here in East Central Missouri, SERC instead of MISO.
Ten years ago, we had two years of summer heat wave with temps over 100 and electric stayed on but I don't know how much has changed since then.
Use all that Nazi gold and build a few nuclear power plants
“The higher power prices have been driven by the surge in natural gas, coal, and carbon prices in recent months”
Didn’t realize we could generate electricity from Carbon, but if the media says it, it must be true.
(perhaps the Ghost of Kiev found a way?)
Reality is exacting it”s revenge over delusions. It always does.
The EU charges a carbon fee for every tonne emitted it’s part of their carbon pricing system. It was fixed but now it floats on a market system. Something like 12 US states have also signed on to do carbon pricing would have to be domestic and amongst themselves since states cannot enter into treaties...
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/carbon
Thanks, I figured it was that. So, self-inflicted. But it is cute how the carbon fees work under the radar, so the people of California have NO CLUE that their higher prices are simply a tax imposed on them, by the government they elected!
AH hell put up more solar panels and windmills in those pristine mountains…
Gee… the Swiss are ‘neutral” and so they sat out two world wars . Doesn’t that count for something?? 😉
It doesn’t count now, they’ve picked a side. Their reward is approaching.
It doesn’t count now, they’ve picked a side. Their reward is approaching.
“When you’re dumb, you got to be tough.”
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