ERCOT warning for this afternoon/evening

[FireInTheWire]

We started at 1515, when frequency took a nice dip.
Looks like load has peaked and wind is ramping back up.
Dodged the bullet this time.

Yeah I saw that dip and thought oh crap!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

No AC power would be wasted.
Of course the fuel for the engine would be wasted.

An intelligent person would kill the engine if the electricity was not needed.

So that's what I did wrong.....

 

[FireInTheWire]

We seem to be outta the weeds. Tune in tomorrow, same time.

Shows us to have gusts up to 15mph tomorrow. So, the whirlybirds should preform better.

 

[Darqhelmet]

So what happens when it actually gets hot this year?

 

[Vaquero]

People die

 

[msharley]

So what happens when it actually gets hot this year?

 

[Darqhelmet]

People die

Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m worried about. ERCOT still clearly is screwing this up.

 

[FireInTheWire]

So what happens when it actually gets hot this year?

My bass won’t have wet stuff to cool off in…

 

[no2gates]

Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m worried about. ERCOT still clearly is screwing this up.

It's not Ercot's fault totally. It's the damned uncontrolled growth with everyone moving to Texas, plus all the fucking bitcoin mining.
You should blame the individual cities for allowing the growth to spread like a cancer without building out the infrastructure to handle it.

 

[Darqhelmet]

It's not Ercot's fault totally. It's the damned uncontrolled growth with everyone moving to Texas, plus all the fucking bitcoin mining.
You should blame the individual cities for allowing the growth to spread like a cancer without building out the infrastructure to handle it.

I kind of agree. But if we want our own grid and we put them in charge they need to do the work. They have had two years. It’s not better.

 

[FireInTheWire]

It's not Ercot's fault totally. It's the damned uncontrolled growth with everyone moving to Texas, plus all the fucking bitcoin mining.
You should blame the individual cities for allowing the growth to spread like a cancer without building out the infrastructure to handle it.

Well said. Crypto is very power hungry

 

[Darqhelmet]

Crypto isn’t being mined that much right now. That market has tanked. There is a flood of used gpu’s, the new gpu prices are back to MSRP or right around it.

 

[Darqhelmet]

Bitcoin:
20,353.90USD
-27,379.50 (57.36%)year to date

ethereum:
1,118.83USD
-2,648.71 (70.30%)year to date

 

[Vaquero]

The February 2021 issues have been addressed. That fell squarely on the shoulders of the natural gas suppliers.

This kind of heat isn't uncommon.
If you want Uber reliability, get ready to pay California energy prices.

A backup generator is like a carry gun.
Or an insurance policy.

Nothing man-made is failsafe.
Nothing.

Generation is expensive and slow to build.
No matter the "source".
The grid is as stable as it's ever been.
The federally subsidized snake oil crap is to blame.
We need coal.
Obama fucked that up

 

[oldag]

Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m worried about. ERCOT still clearly is screwing this up.

How, exactly, is ERCOT screwing this up?

 

[toddnjoyce]

So that's what I did wrong.....

I was about to ask if Aggies were involved.

 

[no2gates]

How, exactly, is ERCOT screwing this up?

Exactly! Did ERCOT allow all these fucking Californians to move here en masse ???
The grid is fucked up because of the uncontrolled growth!!! It's a too-many-humans problem.

 

[oldag]

I kind of agree. But if we want our own grid and we put them in charge they need to do the work. They have had two years. It’s not better.

They cannot force plants to stay open. Plants have closed due to taxpayers subsidies for wind creating an unfair advantage.

They cannot force anyone to build plants.

Most of the steps that could be taken require legislation.

 

[Darqhelmet]

The February 2021 issues have been addressed. That fell squarely on the shoulders of the natural gas suppliers.

This kind of heat isn't uncommon.
If you want Uber reliability, get ready to pay California energy prices.

A backup generator is like a carry gun.
Or an insurance policy.

Nothing man-made is failsafe.
Nothing.

Generation is expensive and slow to build.
No matter the "source".
The grid is as stable as it's ever been.
The federally subsidized snake oil crap is to blame.
We need coal.
Obama fucked that up

Great so when they **** up again and the dems run it as the main talking point we are just going to bend over and take it? Because as you know everyone can afford a backup generator especially the past two years. Now when we lose seats because people are sick of BASIC services that we pay for are barely functional at the beginning of summer before it gets super hot, I’m sure it will be worth it.

 

[Darqhelmet]

They cannot force plants to stay open. Plants have closed due to taxpayers subsidies for wind creating an unfair advantage.

They cannot force anyone to build plants.

Most of the steps that could be taken require legislation.

Which is going to suck, because the morons aren’t going to vote for those in power that did nothing to fix this. And yeah, it needs to be fixed. We can bitch about all the people. They are here now, the grid is barley working now. Wish they weren’t here but the government invited them so now we need to fix it.