RE: Texas Snow Storm6 Feb 2022 19:45
Lol desperate,, the Texas grid is so good it killed 246 people last February 2021. Maybe 702.
Educate yourself, ercot are not respected in Texas at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis
In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about as a result of three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11,[6] 13–17,[7] and 15–20. The storms caused the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages of water, food, and heat.[8] More than 4.5 million homes and businesses were left without power,[9][10][11][12] some for several days. At least 246 people were killed directly or indirectly,[3] with some estimates as high as 702 killed as a result of the crisis.[4]
State officials including Republican governor Greg Abbott[13] initially blamed[14] the outages on frozen wind turbines and solar panels. However, data showed that failure to winterize power sources, primarily those of natural gas, had caused the grid failure.[15][16] Texas's power grid has long been separate from the two major national grids to avoid federal oversight;[17] this disconnection made it difficult for the state to import electricity from other states during the crisis.[18] Deregulation of its electricity market beginning in the 1990s resulted in competition in wholesale electricity prices, but also cost cutting for contingency preparation.[18]
The crisis drew much attention to the state's lack of preparedness for such storms,[19] and to a report from U.S. Federal regulators ten years earlier that had warned Texas[20] its power plants would fail[21] in sufficiently cold conditions. Damages due to the cold wave and winter storm were estimated to be at least $195 billion,[5] likely the most expensive disaster in the state's history.[22] According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the Texas power grid was "seconds or minutes away from" complete failure when partial grid shutdowns were implemented.[23] During the crisis, some energy firms made billions in profits, while others went bankrupt, due to some firms being able to pass extremely high wholesale prices ($9,000/MWh, typically $50/MWh) on to consumers, while others could not, as well as this price being held at the $9,000 cap by ERCOT for allegedly two days longer than necessary; creating $16 billion in unnecessary charges.[
What steps Have ercot and the energy industry done in Texas improve the grid well they’ve quadrupled political contributions to state and election officials but not much work done on the ground ie resolving the grid.
One freak storm cold snap and it’s curtains.
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