Posted on 02/15/2021 8:39:28 PM PST by patriot torch
Weather forecast models suggest the polar vortex will continue pouring Arctic air into much of the central US through Feb. 20. This means nat gas prices could rise even higher early next week as electricity demand continues to soar over the weekend
we hit the proverbial offerless market where any natgas that was available would be purchased at virtually any price, which is why midcontinent prices such as the Oneok OGT nat gas spot exploded from $3.46 one week ago, to $9 on Wednesday, $60.28 on Thursday and an insane $377.13 on Friday, up 32,000% in a few days.
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The problem is not with the Grid, its with the power generation.
Between the covid “opportunity”, and the environmental green deal scam, I can’t wait for their infrastructure plan.
And again, no power just as I was signing off. The electro lords gave us 50 mins.
Thankful for the 50 mins but someone needs some questions about these “rolling blackouts” aren’t in all areas.
Lost power at 6pm monday, now 11:30. Running generator. 18F right now going to 14F.
Stay safe. Your all in our prayers. I pray power is restored quickly.
My son is in the Rockwall area....they had no power for 12 hours. Rolling blackouts my ass!
I’m east of Dallas.....rural small town. Never lost power. Relatives in Sachse & Ft. Worth had no power for 12 plus hours.
4 Megawatts?
That’s nothing. The coal fired plant down the road from me is 1206 MW. Every other commercial coal powered plant in the region but one is over 1000 MW.
Here is a map link for outages:
https://stormcenter.oncor.com/?c=control-a09f84af-bac6-465f-af1e-1b3fded43574&o=option-9ea8acc1-8aa2-48dc-a3fb-eaa4f88727ca
You can change it to county view and get a better idea of the current impact.
Texas has bought into the T. Boone Pickens windmill crap and closing coal plant crap. Now they can’t keep the lights on during a winter storm.
Austin should face some angry people.
For all of time, the power only went out in Texas because the storm damaged something. Becoming more Californian by the day. Good job Perry and Abbott.
Texas outage info.:
http://www.ercot.com/eea_info/show/26464
DFW area:
https://www.oncor.com/SitePages/OutagesAndWeather.aspx
And the Babylon Bee! ;-)
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1361465316602093569
“People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out.”
T Boone Pickens greased the right palms bock in 2008 and they went up everywhere. That’s who. The Governor was Perry, and Abbot was his AG.
These “rolling outs” make no sense. Towns with relatively no damage are out.
The “grid” lies aren’t working for me.
Good catch. The west Texas windfarms are 4 GW+. That’s likely an error when they called it 4 MW.
Further clarification here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3934509/posts?page=178#178
....from a FReeper in the energy industry, stating that at the time of the post (#178), 27,000 MW of 31,000 MW installed wind capacity was down (frozen up). THAT is (was) serious.
The only fireplaces I ever saw in Texas hones (where I lived) were Natural gas. Even without electricity you still got heat.
Liberals are ending natural gas. I do hope the vermin Californicators who are invading Texas get a dose of what they force on us good and hard.
On sites like powertochoose.com, never pick the companies that say 100 percent wind.
I have a natural gas fireplace but the exhaust flue had to take a convoluted route all the way up to the roof. So by law it must have a blower. So no juice, no fireplace. Miss my old coal stove from years ago.
It’s a lot more than 4 MW of wind generation capacity offline, if you’re talking theoretical installed capacity. 4 MW is nothing, it might not power my subdivision on a hot summer day. It’s more like 12 GW of potential wind generation offline due to icing, and realistically 4-6 GW of actual generation. You’re off three orders of magnitude.
Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state’s electric grid operator says
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/
Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators.
Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually moist winter conditions in West Texas brought on by the weekend’s freezing rain and historically low temperatures have iced many of those wind turbines to a halt.
As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas’ installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don’t typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.
[Flashback] Texas energy is going green, no matter who’s president
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3934678/posts
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