TXANS Update—Jan. 14, 2024: ERCOT has issued a Conservation Appeal for Monday, Jan. 15, from 6 – 10 a.m. CT. Operating reserves are expected to be low tomorrow morning due to continued freezing temperatures, record-breaking demand, and unseasonably low wind. We request Texas… pic.twitter.com/EGBg8zliSs
— ERCOT (@ERCOT_ISO) January 14, 2024
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ERCOT asking for conservation of energy from 6AM to 10AM tomorrow morning
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New: The Texas power grid operator is asking residents to conserve power on Monday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 14, 2024
During conservation requests, ERCOT asks residents to avoid using large appliances and to turn off lights. https://t.co/saZ1w7c0Jl
Thousands without power in Dallas-Fort Worth area as Texas temperatures reach teens https://t.co/dXNYuZ19Ln
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) January 15, 2024
Because green power is stupid.. its not around when demand is(late afternoon in summer for peak cooling and over night in winter for heat) no solar and less wind over night..
4th and Inches said:
Because green power is stupid.. its not around when demand is(late afternoon in summer for peak cooling and over night in winter for heat) no solar and less wind over night..
Al Gore is keeping all the green energy in a lockbox.
4th and Inches said:
Because green power is stupid.. its not around when demand is(late afternoon in summer for peak cooling and over night in winter for heat) no solar and less wind over night..
We have independent energy as a state. We've had almost 3 years to figure this out. I don't understand why a couple days in the teens is threatening to harm the grid again.
because about 25% of our grid is wind and solarboognish_bear said:4th and Inches said:
Because green power is stupid.. its not around when demand is(late afternoon in summer for peak cooling and over night in winter for heat) no solar and less wind over night..
We have independent energy as a state. We've had almost 3 years to figure this out. I don't understand why a couple days in the teens is threatening to harm the grid again.
A couple of small sodium cooled nuke power plants and life would be so much better power wise..
4th and Inches said:because about 25% of our grid is wind and solarboognish_bear said:4th and Inches said:
Because green power is stupid.. its not around when demand is(late afternoon in summer for peak cooling and over night in winter for heat) no solar and less wind over night..
We have independent energy as a state. We've had almost 3 years to figure this out. I don't understand why a couple days in the teens is threatening to harm the grid again.
A couple of small sodium cooled nuke power plants and life would be so much better power wise..
Why do they not make the change?
ERCOT shoud cancel the conservation call. More soon but ERCOT's demand forecast was ~15% off, a massive miss. Demand is basically the same as Elliott (~74GW). Wind trapped in S. Texas due to lack of transmission. Thermal power plants outages much lower than Elliott. #txlege #txwx pic.twitter.com/DlTARwVmmQ
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) January 15, 2024
Currently. - 6 degrees
Looking for a low around - 19 degrees by 4 pm.
No power problems.
Looking for a low around - 19 degrees by 4 pm.
No power problems.
Don't see how anyone can take the conservative position when it comes to energy. These calls are racist, and the current system must be dismantled, not conserved! DEI...DEI...DEI!!!
Serious question, do you throttle bit coin mining operations during these events? Or just hope that residential customers suck it up?
— MWG (@mgluckman) January 15, 2024
If only there was a way to "throttle" electricity like that. Maybe they meant turn it off to anyone obviously constantly running a PC?
Yea! Abbott/Cruz's Bitcoin miners will make a killing this week!
NOW:
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) January 15, 2024
ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas told me that the Texas electric grid will see more demand tomorrow than it had today for these reasons... @wfaa @ercot_iso
WATCH FULL INTVW: https://t.co/OVGqaTGjQe pic.twitter.com/WVppbBaQ4S
Looks like several big school districts will be closed tomorrow so I guess that will help the six to nine a.m. conservation window
TXANS Update—January 16, 2024: The Conservation Appeal ended at 9 a.m. Thank you to Texas residents and businesses. Your conservation efforts, along with additional grid reliability tools, helped us get through record-breaking peak times today and yesterday morning. The ERCOT…
— ERCOT (@ERCOT_ISO) January 16, 2024
There's a new solar record in Texas! Fitting it's happening on this ultra cold, high demand day. We're over 14,000 megawatts which is 3x the amount we had three years ago! #txlege #txenergy #energytwitter pic.twitter.com/dkjzBIkRad
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) January 16, 2024
Big news today: the PUC rejected an ERCOT-endorsed, Board approved protocol change. They did it to ensure continued investment in dispatchable & flexible energy storage resources in Texas. Great summary from @sara_dinatale at the gift link here: #txenergy https://t.co/9buGyMPUen
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) January 19, 2024
A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 27, 2024
Now, Gov. Greg Abbott wants to find out if smaller reactors could meet the state’s growing need for on-demand power. https://t.co/ZCL3SFNFbH
Seems kind of crazy to be hearing this in April
On Friday, ERCOT issued a notice of "a possible future Emergency Condition of reserve capacity deficiency or reliability problem" April 16-17. This is due to heat and nearly 28 gigawatts of thermal plant outages, w/ >15GW unplanned. Those are very high numbers. 1/ #txlege pic.twitter.com/a3gt4GcIe1
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) April 15, 2024
Sounds like we need to open that coal fired power plants back upboognish_bear said:
Seems kind of crazy to be hearing this in AprilOn Friday, ERCOT issued a notice of "a possible future Emergency Condition of reserve capacity deficiency or reliability problem" April 16-17. This is due to heat and nearly 28 gigawatts of thermal plant outages, w/ >15GW unplanned. Those are very high numbers. 1/ #txlege pic.twitter.com/a3gt4GcIe1
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) April 15, 2024
Everyone who works for ERCOT, especially the bigwigs with the fat paychecks, should be required to live in Texas and be the first to lose power when it goes out due to insufficient power generation. Hook them up to the windmills & solar "farms."
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Psalm 119:36
And build more nuclear power plants.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Psalm 119:36
I agree. I am beginning to believe that Wind power generation is not so Eco-friendly. It has noise polution, It kills birds and disposal of used blades will fill up our landfills.historian said:
And build more nuclear power plants.
They are also an eyesore and noisy. There truly is nothing good about them. They certainly don't generate enough electricity to offset all the negatives.
Besides killing birds, windmills in the oceans kill whales. They are an ecological disaster.
Besides killing birds, windmills in the oceans kill whales. They are an ecological disaster.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Psalm 119:36
source: https://t.co/9B6DBrYbef
— YIMBYLAND (@YIMBYLAND) July 25, 2024
Whatever they're gonna do, they'd best get started...... https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/20/texas-electricity-demand-forecast-ercot/
CenterPoint should not buy more generators. Customers should be reimbursed for the $50 million in profits & $800 million spent on "mobile" generators the utility couldn't use. To charge ratepayers even more for generators adds insult to injury. #txlege https://t.co/Q2au6KCi5R
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) July 26, 2024
Beryl did between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion worth of damage to CenterPoint's electricity infrastructure, the company said Tuesday.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 30, 2024
Those costs will likely be passed on to customers, who could see a 2% increase on their bills for the next 15 years. https://t.co/kabkYU2eyi
Texas broke the solar record yesterday, reaching 20,459 megawatts; solar power provided 26% of peak demand. Record last July was 13,420MW. That's a 52% increase in one year. Likely to have another 50% increase before next July. Wholesale prices were low. #txlege #energytwitter pic.twitter.com/WNjNJtAXqO
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) August 1, 2024
ERCOT staff meteorologist claims TX is under "tornado watch" conditions for a grid failure from severe weather this winter with an 80% of failure w/ bad weather. Prep those generators folks. https://t.co/gKlDnbf2bq
— Joel Montfort (@jmontforttx) December 4, 2024
