Posted on 08/20/2011 4:12:50 PM PDT by george76
The head of the Texas Public Utility Commission expressed concern Friday that a new federal air quality rule, set to take effect Jan. 1, will cause disruptions in electric service.
If implementation of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule is not delayed, "I have no doubt in my mind that this rule will result in reliability issues and rolling outages in Texas," Donna Nelson said at the start of the commission's meeting.
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The company says the industry's standard time frame for installing emission controls is several years, but the rule requires compliance in six months. So Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings, has said it may have to shut down some coal-fired power plants in East Texas.
"Curtailing plant and/or mine operations will be the only option" if the 1,323-page rule goes into effect as planned, Luminant said.
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I will put up with the inconvenience for a you not serving four more years.
They already have cut off federal funds.
No money for roads, No money for the wildfires, no money for the drought, no money for NASA.
FUBO!
We’ll fight your sorry ass till the end!
We have our own electrical grid and we have roads, we have seaports.
FUBO!
What do you think is happening in Texas now? The heat...isn’t normal...more to it than people realize. This high starts to move off west then suddenly it’s back over Texas stronger creating more heat.
Just plug Rick Perry into the grid. Let him electrify the nation. /s
You’re a hilarious guy.
May be we could get you to run the wind farms.
I think we can get Rick to cover that too. Not only does he suck, he blows.
On schedule to hand over USA to Saudi Arabia is on schedule.
FUEPA
Flush this Kenyan turd come November 2012. Can’t get rid of this America hater soon enough. Any eco-idiot who hates big energy, hates America. America was built on big energy. This is why we have a high standard of living.
No way can wind and solar compete against our inexpensive “fracked” natural gas plus we are the Saudi Arabia of coal.
You have a point.
Mothball them and maintain them. When Rick Perry gets in you fire them up again. Nuke the EPA! Fire every last parasite
What would happen if the power companies just developed a unified front and told the EPA to *%#@ off?
The EPA is no more than bureaucrats. Will they send armed goons to shut down the power plants?
I am really beginning to despise this situation......
sooner or later this oppressive nonsense has to cease.
Hopefully sooner.
EPA and 0bammie hate Texas.
Jobs would be abundant here if it were not for those two.
Obama’s promise to bankrupt the coal-powered electricity plants and cause electricity prices to skyrocket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpTIhyMa-Nw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wzNUZVv0A0
And don’t forget about rolling blackouts due to coal plants being shut down.
Just say no. What’s the EPA going to do? It is fitting that the revolution begin in Texas.
Rolling blackouts. I live in the Houston area and my a/c is running almost all the time. We set the temp at 75 and the house temp is 77. If the night time temperatures don’t cool down even the attic vent fan doesn’t turn off. If we have rolling blackouts I will have to buy a bigger a/c just to cool down the house when electrical power is available. My bill for the past month was $266, the highest in 8 years. The month before was $229, the highest in 8 years. Our sidewalks and driveways are sinking and hazardous to walk on. I live in a new neighborhood and one sidewalk near my home has sunk 6 inches and the section next to it hasn’t moved at all! People have to walk in the street for safety.
(keep the dives and surfaces equal, shipmate.)
O-hole said under his plan, energy prices would necessarily skyrocket. Great job at recking what is left of America. Right on schedule with the change part.
The ground is shifting for sure. My AC is keeping up but I only have 1500 sq feet.
My foundation is floundering.
The soils pulled a good inch away from it
Good luck bubblehead
Where you the COB on your boat?
I had to look up ENCM LoL
Good for you.
My old master chief lives here. I think the SOB is still alive. I saw him about 5 months ago.
Best wishes.
GET RID OF THE EFFIN EPA.
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