Posted on 05/14/2022 10:37:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Texas residents are being asked to conserve power after six power plants tripped offline.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the majority of the state's power grid, wrote Friday that the incident resulted in the loss of approximately 2,900 megawatts of electricity.
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My understanding is too many were offline for maintenance and some of those remaining online couldn’t take the load.
Yep Abbot=Pence
We just returned from a road trip to Phoenix (we live in Kentucky).
I was shocked at just how many wind generators we saw in Texas. If they are moving towards depending on that they are about to be in a world of hurt.
If this helps the Ukraine war effort and/or Globull warming, I’m all for it!
Red state. No excuses for this. Unacceptable.
In that area, we “preger” to shut the plants down for (scheduled) maintenance in the March-April timeframe, but we are “only” in Mid-May now. Those now shutdown are trying to cone back on line, bit it hard to speed upa schedule!
They broke it—we used to have no problems.
Let’s add power shortages to the growing list of disasters under our illegitimate POTUS.
Diesel Fuel, Baby Formula, Food, Fertilizer, Electricity, am I missing something.
With ongoing maintenance, these problems should be avoided.
I hope it’s not too hot in Texas at present, as we know high demand for electricity for air conditioning will cause even more problems if the grid is stressed.
Good time to do maintenance when temps are hitting the upper 90’s. We are ruled by incompetent boobs.
Texas has their own electrical grid so anything disasters there are the responsibility of the state.
Let’s be honest about this. 20% of their power comes from wind and solar and those systems are having production problems, from maintenance to storage issues. You think this is bad, imagine what will happen if the Green idiots pass the ban on distillate fuel engines my 2030. Imagine several million people plugging in their cars for a recharge just as the sun goes down.
West of Amarillo in the “Most Conservative Part” of Texas massive formations of wind turbines.
What gives?
I guess “Conservative” means cutting business deals with cronies.
Almost like all of this happening at the same time was part of a coordinated master plan...or something.
Why did Texas become so dependent on wind and solar who sold Texas out to begin with?
shrugs. they could of had Lt. Col. West.
Give it time, it’s still May, California doesn’t really hot until later in the summer.
Cali 2.0?
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