Weed out all the BS and you are left with one fact. Despite similar storms in the past (no it wasn’t once in a century) Texas has never initiated blackouts because it couldn’t generate power.
If power was down, it was because lines were down PERIOD.
If power was down, it was because lines were down PERIOD
LOL If there is no power going through those lines could that possibly be the issue QUESTION MARK
You have said this several times.
Where were the lines down?
You are the first with this scoop so please elaborate. You have an exclusive.
During the first bout of ice, I believe on Saturday some lines went down. PEC had people out and had them repaired under 4 hours. A little over 24 hours later, late Sunday night was when the rolling blackouts began. Unfortunately for me, that same Sunday afternoon I had to drive on the ice to San Antonio to tend to my business and spent the night there, so when they turned off the power at home, I wasn’t there to turn the generator on so my booster water pump and the water filters froze and busted.I would like to find out who is on the ERCOT to “thank” them.
This time was different, the generation wasn’t there. 32,000 MWs of wind was down. This is becoming typical in a polar vortex situation and happened in 2019. The problem developed over the last 20 years, in the last to years alone we shut down 95,000 MWs of reliable baseload coal energy. We sacrificed it for unreliable green energy. We in the industry knew this would be the consequence. And no one else should be surprised.