Before ERCOT there were no energy shortages in Texas… ever, now the energy reliability council is here, it even includes Germans and people from out of state. It includes greens also.
Now Texas has energy shortages.
I've started calling it ECOT. Reliability does not seem to be the primary goal much of the time.
Actually most of the carpetbaggers were sacked with one(?) exception. They still need to put a couple of engineers on that board ...
“Before ERCOT there were no energy shortages in Texas”
My opinion on electric energy supply is that the the production and distribution schemes should be overbuilt and dumb.
They make them smart by interconnecting grids and having a lot of computer control, supposedly to eliminate the need for more local generating capacity. Smart but complicated and less reliable.
Smart is not always smart.
I got caught up in the early 2021 power shortage in Texas-—and I live in Nevada.
I sent my monthly vehicle insurance payment to State Farm in Dallas-—and 10 days later—my agent called, saying I hadn’t made my payment-BUT I HAD DONE SO.
The power outage apparently prevented ANY payments from being applied-—so the computer was about to shut me down.
I had to send another check-—and to borrow from my brother to do so. I am on Soc Sec. SO—NOW they had 2 checks. Which took over 5 weeks to clear.
2 months later-—repeat action.
NOW—I am PISSED. I have to send a 2nd check AGAIN—and AGAIN, it takes weeks for it all to clear.
I now send all my checks to my agent-—they clear within 2 days.
Have no idea if those ‘late payments’ are on my credit record.