Hold on to your grid

[oldag]

Going to get really cold Sunday - Wednesday. Cold enough some wind turbines will be shutting down due to low ambient temperature alarms. If we get precip, solar will die and wind turbine blades will probably ice up (thus dropping production to little or none).

Might want to have some firewood ready.

 

[jimbo]

Going to get really cold Sunday - Wednesday. Cold enough some turbines will be shutting down due to low ambient temperature alarms.

Might want to have some firewood ready.

I have my truck bed full.

 

[Steve In Texas]

I will trim a couple more trees for firewood Saturday! The trimming needs to be done anyway. There's only bitter cold--no ice--in the forecast last I looked. There will be a lot of talk about high wholesale prices. The ERCOT market is designed with scarcity pricing rather than capacity. Thus a small number of hours are supposed to provide attractive enough pricing to attract new generation. We will see if sufficient new generation has come online.

 

[wiredgeorge]

Have no faith in ERCOT? They say all will be just dandy during the cold snap:

ERCOT issues weather watch for expected freezing temps across Texas early next week

Texas' electric grid operator, ERCOT, has issued a weather watch for early next week, citing extreme cold temperatures forecast across the state.

eu.statesman.com

 

[oldag]

I will trim a couple more trees for firewood Saturday! The trimming needs to be done anyway. There's only bitter cold--no ice--in the forecast last I looked. There will be a lot of talk about high wholesale prices. The ERCOT market is designed with scarcity pricing rather than capacity. Thus a small number of hours are supposed to provide attractive enough pricing to attract new generation. We will see if sufficient new generation has come online.

The issue is more how much of the existing generation will actually be able to generate.

 

[no2gates]

And yet they are building new apartments and houses at alarming rates, but not building any additional power generation plants to support them.
Then you have all the people who are getting EV's and adding the extra load to the grid.

 

[oldag]

And yet they are building new apartments and houses at alarming rates, but not building any additional power generation plants to support them.
Then you have all the people who are getting EV's and adding the extra load to the grid.

Hey, cut it out with the common sense.

 

[Steve In Texas]

We keep building wind farms and solar plants. Maybe the plan is those new buildings take power only when the wind blows and the sun shines.

 

[mroper]

Those folks who knowingly sign up for the 100% Renewable power should be the one to get cut off.

 

[ULEWZ]

Time to bring out the generators. Mine is 24 kW and runs on my 500 gallon propane tank.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Going to get really cold Sunday - Wednesday. Cold enough some wind turbines will be shutting down due to low ambient temperature alarms. If we get precip, solar will die and wind turbine blades will probably ice up (thus dropping production to little or none).

Might want to have some firewood ready.

I'm not seeing any precip expected (in Austin) so we here shouldnt have any icing problems on electrical distribution hardware or ice on the roads crashing folks.

I am going to top off my propane tanks today or tomorrow.

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[General Zod]

I'm not seeing any precip expected (in Austin) so we here shouldnt have any icing problems on electrical distribution hardware or ice on the roads crashing folks.

I am going to top off my propane tanks today or tomorrow.

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They're predicting up to an eighth of an inch of ice and up to an inch of snow up here. Gonna be messy.

 

[cycleguy2300]

They're predicting up to an eighth of an inch of ice and up to an inch of snow up here. Gonna be messy.

My condolences, but al least is will be a pretty mess for a little while

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[oldag]

I'm not seeing any precip expected (in Austin) so we here shouldnt have any icing problems on electrical distribution hardware or ice on the roads crashing folks.

I am going to top off my propane tanks today or tomorrow.

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Ice out west and in the panhandle will shut down wind generation. You may not have electrical distribution hardware issues, but those lines won't have any electrons in them.

 

[Vaquero]

Forecast to be dry out here in windmill land.

 

[Eastexasrick]

Pipes wrapped. Propane tank full. Lots of empties to clean and load. And when I'm done, adult beverage cabinet stocked with precious liquids.

 

[PhulesAu]

Have no faith in ERCOT? They say all will be just dandy during the cold snap:

ERCOT issues weather watch for expected freezing temps across Texas early next week

Texas' electric grid operator, ERCOT, has issued a weather watch for early next week, citing extreme cold temperatures forecast across the state.

eu.statesman.com

Another .gov entity, why should they be trusted??

 

[oldag]

Forecast to be dry out here in windmill land.

The fancy forecasting services keep bouncing around. One day, precip in the panhandle. The next day, none.

 

[Sasquatch]

They are calling for 15 degree low here Tuesday night - but Thursday it'll be 62 again. Yay.

 

[oldag]

They are calling for 15 degree low here Tuesday night - but Thursday it'll be 62 again. Yay.

Low of 15 with a high of 92...