A couple of power plants went off line earlier. That is why the grid is overloaded. We did not have this problem in 85 when it was 4 F during the night.
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***A couple of power plants went off line earlier. That is why the grid is overloaded.****
Coal plants? When I worked at a coal fired plant we dreaded winter storms. The rain-ice-snow freezes the coal into chunks which clogged the feeders causing a loss of the units.
We spent many a night years ago fighting to keep the unit on line, when the President of Electrical Production called the control room and told us HE was watching us on remote monitoring equipment. Talk about pressure!
These units need coal curshers before the coal goes through the feeders, but there is no guarantee this will help.
a coal plant near here has crushers and has no problems in winter except when the cooling towers start freezing up.