Thermostats being turned up remotely due to high energy demand

[oldag]

Gee, I thought you mentioned ERCOT when you said,

"Buck stops on the governor's desk. He should be pressing ERCOT and the legislature for appropriate action."

So, what appropriate action should the legislature and ERCOT be taking ?

My lack of clarity. My point was the governor needs to be the instigator.

I am certain I did not say that ERCOT was responsible for building new generation or issuing construction permits (back to your original reply).

As I mentioned above, ERCOT can implement measures that will help drive the generation sources though.

I would hope you know that the legislature can pass legislation which would affect the grid reliability with respect to generation sources. Did I really need to answer that?

 

[mavs]

But I don't understand why they did not do anything after the disaster of last winter in the recently completed legislative session. I don't think the legislature meets again for 2 years unless the Governor calls a special session which I think he plans to do for the voting rights law but nothing I can find out about any power grid improvement items. And I think they need to put a halt to any more construction, commercial and private, until they have power available to keep those already here without this type of problems.

I'm going to send another message to the Governor's office but I think the government is so incompetent that we will have many problems in our future.

 

[Tex62]

In Kalifornia, my tiered rate plan per kw was:
15 cents super off peak (10p-6a)
30 cents off peak (6a-9a, 6p-10p)
45 cents peak (9a-6p)


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Wow. You can/could get fixed rate here for 11cents or so recently.


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[oldag]

But I don't understand why they did not do anything after the disaster of last winter in the recently completed legislative session. ...

You are new to this government thing, eh?

 

[LinuxAssailant]

Place a 40 watt incandescent light bulb near the thermostat and turn it on. Thermostat thinks it is warm in the house and starts cooling it down.

I used to do this with terminals, yes CRT terminals about 15-17 years ago at work... and I put a box on each side of it to keep the heat in... the vicinity. Worked WELL.

I can't sleep at 80+ degrees, I wake up sweating a bit.
As soon as I get home I don the cargo shorts, and always have, as I recall...

 

[mavs]

This is probably where we will be headed in Texas soon ! What a bunch of half wits there are out there....unfortunately they are moving here now.

California Asks Residents To Avoid Charging Electric Cars Amid Power Grid Strain | Newsmax.com

 

[Axxe55]

This is probably where we will be headed in Texas soon ! What a bunch of half wits there are out there....unfortunately they are moving here now.

California Asks Residents To Avoid Charging Electric Cars Amid Power Grid Strain | Newsmax.com

Well, everything is a gamble, isn't it @mavs ?

 

[mavs]

no it doesn't have to be if you have the leadership to keep it from being one.

 

[Axxe55]

no it doesn't have to be if you have the leadership to keep it from being one.

What are your thoughts on Biden and Harris?

Think they should bring Trump back?

What are your thoughts on why Trump lost to Biden?

 

[mavs]

what????

 

[Axxe55]

what????

Don't worry, you'll figure it out soon enough.

 

[mavs]

OK I won't worry, thanks