Posted on 12/26/2023 5:25:19 PM PST by george76
NERC is a nonprofit organization that oversees the reliability and security of the North American bulk power system. It uses a results-based approach. After conducting their ten-year assessment, NERC sent a grim warning of our energy future. We face a serious electricity shortage beginning in the next few years that will exist for years to come.
This isn’t news. It has been clear for some time that the elimination of fossil fuels before there is an adequate power supply to take its place will endanger the safety and security of Americans. It is also obvious that this has been engineered to happen this way. The people planning a lack of supply ahead of replacement electricity sources are smart. They know what they’re doing. Their policies will destroy our national security and will endanger the lives of our people. It will seriously damage our wealth as a nation.
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NERC did a 10-year assessment. They found that during peak demand, as government policies push electrification of everything, the planned retirement of 83 gigawatts of fossil fuel and nuclear generation over the next ten years creates blackout risks.
Most regions have enough electricity supply in normal weather, but in extreme conditions, when you really need the energy, there is an increased risk of blackouts. The Midwest and Central States could see power supply shortfalls during normal peak operations.
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New gas capacity is needed, and we’re not getting it.
A spokesperson for MISO said the grid operator concurs with NERC’s key conclusions and recommendations.
NERC’s reliability assessment is “deeply troubling,” said Michelle Bloodworth, president and CEO of America’s Power, representing coal generators.
“Despite several years of warnings about the possibility of electricity shortages in many parts of the country, the risk of electricity shortages has grown worse,” she said, pointing to coal retirements, policies developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, and “dangerous subsidies for unreliable sources of energy” as the cause.
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The National Mining Association said coal retirements are “leaving grids across the country short of the fuel-secure, dispatchable generation they so desperately need.”
“Surging power demand, the rapid loss of dispatchable generating capacity, and the towering hurdles to connecting reliable alternatives and their enabling infrastructure are the on-the-ground reality that should shape our energy policy,” NMA President and CEO Rich Nolan said in a statement.
“NERC’s latest assessment paints another grim picture of our nation’s energy future as demand for electricity soars and the supply of always-available generation declines,” said Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
“Nine states saw rolling blackouts last December as the demand for electricity exceeded available supply. And proposals like the EPA’s power plant rule will greatly compound the problem,” he said. “Absent a major shift in state and federal energy policy, this is the reality we will face for years to come.”
NERC’s report noted the threat of “environmental regulations and energy policies that are overly rigid.”
Our political leaders hate us.
In Silicon Valley we saw this once a month around 2000.
Since I left, I’m pretty sure it has NOT gotten better.
NERC wants to make us NORK.
This is based on my opinion and strong intuition. Part of my TV Producer career was as a live broadcast tech director. His feed went to solid black, then the “2 box squeeze” went to one box and the host paused, said “lost signal”, and moved on. Schlicter was pretty fired up, so I think the director was ready to boot. We’ll see...
Two questions posed by Steve Quayle tonight. 1) What will you do when one or more US aircraft carriers are sunk? 2) A related question, what will you do when Damascus is leveled?
Just another way to test the controls
been telling my husband for many months that we need to take out the gas fireplace in our living room which never seems to really work and we don’t use and put a nice little wood insert in....we have plenty of wood....
Oh boy, more fear porn.
It plays well with certain members around here.
Do you know or understand what NERC is and does?
Do you have ANY knowledge about the power industry? What experience do you have with large scale power systems and how to keep them operating reliably at low cost? None, I’m sure.
Do you have a clue what happens when you suddenly have a majority of power provided from nondispatchable sources? Do you understand how fast wind power can collapse? I didn’t think so.
You didn’t mention when it happened. What program was he on?
Seems odd to have an erosion problem on gas turbines.
The only reason I can imagine for blade erosion on a combustion turbine is condensation in the gas.
But at the temperatures that gas turbines operate I can’t see how there would be any condensation.
The remote possibility of ash isn’t worth thinking about.
Perhaps widespread blackouts are what is needed to end the solar farm and windmill folly. Pity the fools and their EVs who will be stranded
We live in a rural area—and it is very comforting to see your fuel source stacked outside and ready to use in a wood stove.
We will be warm in the winter—no matter what the evil haters in government do.
“And the reason for rolling blackouts is Climate Deniers”
Here’s a transcript up until he was cut off:
He got it right, Fox panicked!
“We are funding infiltration by an army that will take America down.”
Yes, Obama’s Army
Jim and I and others were at the border when I dubbed Obama Coyote-in-Chief. .
Biden and his crew of traitors are now recruiting more.
Terror cell—Chinese, Muslim and all Terror based countries are arming up to attack.
Millions of them?
Probably...
Boy Scout Motto:
BE PREPARED add LOCK AND LOAD!
Hannity with Kaihleigh McEnhany
See my other post to you for transcript up till the blackout.
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