Texas power grid almost reached capacity yesterday due to heat !

[Bad Hombre]

It was 90 friggen degrees yesterday and the grid almost maxed out ?

Abbott needs to be thrown out of office for his failure to take big time serious action on the power situation in Texas. It was 90 degrees yesterday and that almost took down the grid. What is going to happen with it is 107 like it was last summer?

 

[mroper]

You understand that plants are taken down for Maintenance this time of year so they can be up when the summer heat starts

 

[Bad Hombre]

You understand that plants are taken down for Maintenance this time of year so they can be up when the summer heat starts

Yea, I understand that. But Abbott has done nothing to create any kind of excess capacity that is dependable in extreme heat and extreme cold. No new power plants are being planned and nothing to replace those that are scheduled to go off line in the not too distant future except friggin windmills !

 

[oldag]

Yea, I understand that. But Abbott has done nothing to create any kind of excess capacity that is dependable in extreme heat and extreme cold. No new power plants are being planned and nothing to replace those that are scheduled to go off line in the not too distant future except friggin windmills !

And exactly how is Abbott supposed to force companies to build thermal plants in Texas? Especially when the taxpayer funded subsidies help wind/solar and render thermal plants financially unfeasible?

 

[Eastexasrick]

Yea, I understand that. But Abbott has done nothing to create any kind of excess capacity that is dependable in extreme heat and extreme cold. No new power plants are being planned and nothing to replace those that are scheduled to go off line in the not too distant future except friggin windmills !

There is a 1.2 GW Natural Gas fired plant under construction outside of Austin. ERCOT is currently seeking bids to add a total of 3.0 GW of generation using traditional fuels, no solar or wind.
Would it please you if they put a little generator on Abbotts's chair so he could help out when he has time?

New 1.2-GW Natural Gas-Fired Plant Announced for Texas

A Texas-based energy company has announced plans to build a 1.2-GW natural gas-fired power plant in Lee County, Texas, with construction expected to begin

www.powermag.com

 

[Sam Colt]

This type of unbalanced whining is so predictable.

“Waaah, no one is doing anything to ensure reliability in extreme weather!” “Waaaah, taking plants down for maintenance and upgrades during temperate months is bad!” “Waaaaah, Abbott’s a big weenie!”

Move back to California already.

 

[Brains]

This thread is a prime example of how you say "I don't understand how the grid works, without actually saying "I don't understand how the grid works."

 

[Whalercohasset]

Oh for Peter's sake. Buy a damn hand fan and a sweater so you'll be prepared year round and stop whining about how govt isn't taking care of you.

 

[seeker_two]

You understand that plants are taken down for Maintenance this time of year so they can be up when the summer heat starts

Why do that in May when March & April are the milder weather months?....

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

It was 90 friggen degrees yesterday and the grid almost maxed out ?

Abbott needs to be thrown out of office for his failure to take big time serious action on the power situation in Texas. It was 90 degrees yesterday and that almost took down the grid. What is going to happen with it is 107 like it was last summer?

Have you decided to run for office so you make everything perfect?
How long have you been in Texas?

 

[oldag]

Why do that in May when March & April are the milder weather months?....

Because you can't have ALL the major maintenances completed in just two months. There would be serious shortages in those two months. You have to spread them out some.

They do have maintenance outages in March and April as well.

 

[Vaquero]

We're all gonna die.

 

[roadkill]

It was 90 friggen degrees yesterday and the grid almost maxed out ?

Abbott needs to be thrown out of office for his failure to take big time serious action on the power situation in Texas. It was 90 degrees yesterday and that almost took down the grid. What is going to happen with it is 107 like it was last summer?

We won’t freeze to death like last time. Which is good cause I hate shoveling my driveway in this heat to come inside only to freeze to death.

 

[baboon]

I had to run into town, All I know it was sure nice walking inside when I got home with the a/c running.

 

[TheDan]

We're all gonna die.

yep

 

[Shady]

You understand that plants are taken down for Maintenance this time of year so they can be up when the summer heat starts

come on man

Its way more fun to think the world is coming to an end Its the liberal way.

 

[FireInTheWire]

We're all gonna die.

Hopefully not in tonight's storms... eek

 

[majormadmax]

 

[Steve In Texas]

Texas Power Supply problems originate with federal rules providing renewable credits. Hard to build dispatchable thermal generators when then unreliable green power gets subsidized. EPA's interpretation of Emissions rules increases those challenges. Expensive and Unreliable power is a creation of green environmentalists.

 

[Gordo]

Wait!
Didn't someone build a Huge solar farm, covering thousands of acres, here in Texas, using chinese solar panels?
Wasn't it subsidized with Our tax money?

Oh, that's right, they forgot about HAIL!