Texit It is real!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 million Texans without power for 12 or more hours in -0 degree weather but f**k the feds right?

Correction - its 3.6 million households which could be as much as 6 million people

WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

WHAT...For the Wind Chill Warning, dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 15 below zero. For the Winter Storm Warning, heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches with the heaviest amounts northeast of the Metroplex. Widespread 1 to 3 inches expected elsewhere. Ice accumulations of 1/10 to 1/4 inch expected. Highest concentration of ice expected in the Waco/Temple/Killeen areas northeast to Palestine and Canton.

WHERE...All of North and Central Texas

WHEN...For the Wind Chill Warning, until noon CST Tuesday. For the Winter Storm Warning, from 6 PM Tuesday to 6 AM CST Thursday.

IMPACTS...Travel could become dangerous. Additional power outages are expected. The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Avoid travel late Tuesday Night into early Wednesday.[b]

Wow guess Texas will have to wait till the temperature rises before leaving the union.

15 below zero and no power is a death sentence.

Wind chill is 15 below...real temp is like 16.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 million Texans without power for 12 or more hours in -0 degree weather but f**k the feds right?

Correction - its 3.6 million households which could be as much as 6 million people

WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

WHAT...For the Wind Chill Warning, dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 15 below zero. For the Winter Storm Warning, heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches with the heaviest amounts northeast of the Metroplex. Widespread 1 to 3 inches expected elsewhere. Ice accumulations of 1/10 to 1/4 inch expected. Highest concentration of ice expected in the Waco/Temple/Killeen areas northeast to Palestine and Canton.

WHERE...All of North and Central Texas

WHEN...For the Wind Chill Warning, until noon CST Tuesday. For the Winter Storm Warning, from 6 PM Tuesday to 6 AM CST Thursday.

IMPACTS...Travel could become dangerous. Additional power outages are expected. The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Avoid travel late Tuesday Night into early Wednesday.[b]

Wow guess Texas will have to wait till the temperature rises before leaving the union.

15 below zero and no power is a death sentence.

Wind chill is 15 below...real temp is like 16.

They have no power, no electricity, no heating. Trust that the negative temperatures are felt in these non-insulated large homes.

Dallas-Forth Worth

[Anonymous]

With nearly 3.5 million Texas homes and businesses without electricity Monday afternoon, state officials were looking for answers and one may come from an unexpected source: the auction system used by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

The council, which operates the electric grid and manages the deregulated energy market for 75% of the state, issued emergency energy alert warnings in advance of the storm. But bitter-cold temperatures and a rare snowfall caused a surge in electricity demand and resulted in rolling blackouts as cold weather idled many of the state's wind turbines and reduced oil and gas production. Electricity generators that rely on fossil fuels were also impacted.

Spot electricity prices in Texas’ West hub spiked above the grid’s $9,000 per megawatt-hour cap. Power typically costs $25 per megawatt-hour.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/texas-electricity-auction-price-spike

Think you can still buy power but it’s expensive.

[Anonymous]

The blue cities in TX went with wind power

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

And they aren’t blue cities that have the issue? Dallas...Austin...Houston...How would the Feds have fixed this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

And they aren’t blue cities that have the issue? Dallas...Austin...Houston...How would the Feds have fixed this?

Federal regulations and standards build redundancies into the system, and the ability to get power from "out of state" (PJM for the DC regon) - Texas eschewed this - see the link someone posted from the 2011 explainer - and they did it specifically to avoid compliance with federal standards.

So, ya, it's not a matter of "how would the Feds have fixed it" but rather, had Texas played in he same sandbox with everyone else, they wouldn't be in this predicament, but it's Texas and 'Mericans and Independence,

[Anonymous]

ERCOT is based in Austin TX. Both board directors appear to be liberals, one with Yale U teaching background who moved to TX from CA, and the other moved from MI to TX.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

And they aren’t blue cities that have the issue? Dallas...Austin...Houston...How would the Feds have fixed this?

Federal regulations and standards build redundancies into the system, and the ability to get power from "out of state" (PJM for the DC regon) - Texas eschewed this - see the link someone posted from the 2011 explainer - and they did it specifically to avoid compliance with federal standards.

So, ya, it's not a matter of "how would the Feds have fixed it" but rather, had Texas played in he same sandbox with everyone else, they wouldn't be in this predicament, but it's Texas and 'Mericans and Independence,

Ya?? You’re like, what 22?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

And they aren’t blue cities that have the issue? Dallas...Austin...Houston...How would the Feds have fixed this?

Federal regulations and standards build redundancies into the system, and the ability to get power from "out of state" (PJM for the DC regon) - Texas eschewed this - see the link someone posted from the 2011 explainer - and they did it specifically to avoid compliance with federal standards.

So, ya, it's not a matter of "how would the Feds have fixed it" but rather, had Texas played in he same sandbox with everyone else, they wouldn't be in this predicament, but it's Texas and 'Mericans and Independence,

Any large storm in a Southern city would have similar issues. Even blue California, which has to have rolling blackouts because....California

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ERCOT is based in Austin TX. Both board directors appear to be liberals, one with Yale U teaching background who moved to TX from CA, and the other moved from MI to TX.

Trying to divine the political leaning of utility executives based on what state they live for the purposes of scoring points when the power is out is brain worms territory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Most of the power they're missing right now is natural gas that went offline, not wind.

And they aren’t blue cities that have the issue? Dallas...Austin...Houston...How would the Feds have fixed this?

Federal regulations and standards build redundancies into the system, and the ability to get power from "out of state" (PJM for the DC regon) - Texas eschewed this - see the link someone posted from the 2011 explainer - and they did it specifically to avoid compliance with federal standards.

So, ya, it's not a matter of "how would the Feds have fixed it" but rather, had Texas played in he same sandbox with everyone else, they wouldn't be in this predicament, but it's Texas and 'Mericans and Independence,

Any large storm in a Southern city would have similar issues. Even blue California, which has to have rolling blackouts because....California

Except the GOPers chastised California to no end when that happened. I don't see Californians doing the same. Things happen and you prepare. If you fail to prepare, then you should prepare to fail. hello Texas, the king of lack of preparation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem in Texas as I type this is that the state chose to not cross state line with power and other energy infrastructure. This was to avoid federal regulation.

Welp.

Thoughts and prayers.

Be best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem in Texas as I type this is that the state chose to not cross state line with power and other energy infrastructure. This was to avoid federal regulation.

Welp.

Thoughts and prayers.

Be best.

I really don't care, do you??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The blue cities in TX went with wind power

Nice try. It’s the state law that created the renewable portfolio stacndard that made wind big. Wind wasn’t mandated but it was cheap.