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Blackouts Could Hit Texas on Christmas as Arctic Blast Threatens Grid
NewsWeek ^ | 12/13/22

Posted on 12/17/2022 10:38:25 AM PST by EBH

Texans could have a dark, cold Christmas if an Arctic blast headed east continues its path.

Texas suffered a massive power grid failure in February 2021 after three severe winter storms and frigid temperatures stressed the grid. The grid's failure resulted in millions of Texans losing power, leading to a lack of food, water and warmth. The failure proved fatal, and hundreds died because of the outage. The failure dealt a blow to the economy as well, resulting in a loss of at least $195 billion.

Since the 2021 power grid failure, other uncharacteristic storms have hit the Lone Star State, but none have threatened the grid to the same extent. According to one meteorologist, that could change by Christmas.

WCNC Meteorologist Brad Panovich shared a forecast depicting temperatures for the next two weeks. Much of Texas will be subject to much colder than normal temperatures for several days over Christmas.

"The bigger story going forward is the Arctic blast that moves into the west first then pushing east for Christmas," Panovich tweeted. "The Texas Grid is going to be tested again."

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To: DesertRhino

“he Texas freeze had nothing to do with coal plants water pipes freezing.”

So then why did W.A. Parish and Oak Grove Coal plants shut down during the freeze?


41 posted on 12/17/2022 2:10:43 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: EBH

Considering that ERCOT’s renewable power generation is 34% for 2022, which is up from 28% in February 2021, I expect to see another grid failure. Renewables as a rule of thumb should not be more than 15% of any given electrical grid.


42 posted on 12/17/2022 3:55:44 PM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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To: DesertRhino; Renfrew
You don’t know what you’re talking about (again). The Texas freeze had nothing to do with coal plants water pipes freezing.

Two coal plants had to shut down because of it as well as one nuclear reactor. Easy to look that up.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/gas-coal-offline-texas-cold-snap

If they did not correct this insulation problem after having 2 years to prepare after 2020's debacle then that would be outrageous.

43 posted on 12/17/2022 8:47:23 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: DesertRhino; Renfrew
You don’t know what you’re talking about (again). The Texas freeze had nothing to do with coal plants water pipes freezing.

Two coal plants had to shut down because of it as well as one nuclear reactor. Easy to look that up.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/gas-coal-offline-texas-cold-snap

If they did not correct this insulation problem after having nearly 2 years to prepare after early 2021's debacle then that would be outrageous.

44 posted on 12/17/2022 8:48:46 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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