Texas officials warn of winter rolling blackouts; unreliable energy sources, population boom, all factors
Nov 24, 2023 15:36:43 #
Texas officials warn of winter rolling blackouts; unreliable energy sources, population boom, all factors
The organization that operates Texas’ electric grid has warned of potential forced power outages this year if temperatures drop to below freezing like they did last year.
According to The Dallas Morning News, “when Texas’ power demand outstrips available supply,” the organization — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — “is forced to shut off power to some customers to maintain the stability of the grid.”
The Morning News reported on Thursday that ERCOT has predicted there’s a 14.4 percent chance that these controlled outages — known as rolling blackouts — will be required this year if temperatures drop to the levels seen last year.
By January, the risk will reportedly rise to 16.8 percent.
“The hour of 8 a.m. is when ERCOT has predicted the greatest chance for blackouts. The reason mornings in the winter are the most troublesome is because that is when people begin waking up and using more electricity. The temperatures remain near daily lows, so heaters are more likely to be operating while people begin heating water and cooking meals,” according to the paper.
“Add to that a typically lackluster amount of renewable energy production during the winter, and it creates a morning spike in power demand that typically does not coincide with increases in energy production,” the paper added.
As to what’s exacerbating the risk, it’s reportedly the increase in the state’s population, which reportedly has grown 20 percent since 2010 and hit 30 million last year.
“That can be seen in energy usage. This summer, electricity demand broke all-time records 10 times. Monthly demand records also are being set routinely, according to data from ERCOT,” the Morning News notes.
Also affecting the chances of forced outages are the state’s investments in renewable energy.
“While the amount of electricity being used continues to grow at rates that outpace population growth, the amount of new generation being added to the grid has kept pace mainly in renewable energy,” according to the Morning News.
Texas has especially seen gains in wind and solar energy, both of which have been shown to be less reliable than traditional f****l f**ls. Indeed, both were largely to blame for the rolling blackouts that were necessary in 2021.
“Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators,” the Austin American-Statesman reported on Feb. 17th, 2021.
“Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually moist winter conditions in West Texas brought on by the weekend’s freezing rain and historically low temperatures have iced many of those wind turbines to a halt,” the paper added.
Conversely, the state’s f****l f**l systems worked just fine. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board noted at the time that, far from failing, the state’s f****l f**ls jumped into overdrive to hold off the crisis as long as possible — all as nearly 100 percent of the state’s wind turbines failed.
“Between 12 a.m. on Feb. 8 and Feb. 16, wind power plunged 93% while coal increased 47% and gas 450%, according to the [Energy Information Administration],” the board wrote.
“Yet the renewable industry and its media mouthpieces are tarring gas, coal and nuclear because they didn’t operate at 100% of their expected potential during the Arctic blast even though wind turbines failed nearly 100%.”
Dovetailing back to the present, ERCOT is trying to prevent problems this year by weatherizing facilities.
“After the deadly February 2021 freeze, the Legislature put in place weatherization standards for power plants. ERCOT has conducted widespread inspections of power plants to ensure those rules are being followed,” the Morning News notes.
“The grid operator also created an incentive program that pays power plants for keeping a backup supply of fuel on-site. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has also created some weatherization standards for gas wells and pipelines. And both ERCOT and the Railroad Commission have created a map of critical infrastructure,” according to the paper.
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The organization that operates Texas’ electric grid has warned of potential forced power outages this year if temperatures drop to below freezing like they did last year.
According to The Dallas Morning News, “when Texas’ power demand outstrips available supply,” the organization — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — “is forced to shut off power to some customers to maintain the stability of the grid.”
The Morning News reported on Thursday that ERCOT has predicted there’s a 14.4 percent chance that these controlled outages — known as rolling blackouts — will be required this year if temperatures drop to the levels seen last year.
By January, the risk will reportedly rise to 16.8 percent.
“The hour of 8 a.m. is when ERCOT has predicted the greatest chance for blackouts. The reason mornings in the winter are the most troublesome is because that is when people begin waking up and using more electricity. The temperatures remain near daily lows, so heaters are more likely to be operating while people begin heating water and cooking meals,” according to the paper.
“Add to that a typically lackluster amount of renewable energy production during the winter, and it creates a morning spike in power demand that typically does not coincide with increases in energy production,” the paper added.
As to what’s exacerbating the risk, it’s reportedly the increase in the state’s population, which reportedly has grown 20 percent since 2010 and hit 30 million last year.
“That can be seen in energy usage. This summer, electricity demand broke all-time records 10 times. Monthly demand records also are being set routinely, according to data from ERCOT,” the Morning News notes.
Also affecting the chances of forced outages are the state’s investments in renewable energy.
“While the amount of electricity being used continues to grow at rates that outpace population growth, the amount of new generation being added to the grid has kept pace mainly in renewable energy,” according to the Morning News.
Texas has especially seen gains in wind and solar energy, both of which have been shown to be less reliable than traditional f****l f**ls. Indeed, both were largely to blame for the rolling blackouts that were necessary in 2021.
“Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators,” the Austin American-Statesman reported on Feb. 17th, 2021.
“Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually moist winter conditions in West Texas brought on by the weekend’s freezing rain and historically low temperatures have iced many of those wind turbines to a halt,” the paper added.
Conversely, the state’s f****l f**l systems worked just fine. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board noted at the time that, far from failing, the state’s f****l f**ls jumped into overdrive to hold off the crisis as long as possible — all as nearly 100 percent of the state’s wind turbines failed.
“Between 12 a.m. on Feb. 8 and Feb. 16, wind power plunged 93% while coal increased 47% and gas 450%, according to the [Energy Information Administration],” the board wrote.
“Yet the renewable industry and its media mouthpieces are tarring gas, coal and nuclear because they didn’t operate at 100% of their expected potential during the Arctic blast even though wind turbines failed nearly 100%.”
Dovetailing back to the present, ERCOT is trying to prevent problems this year by weatherizing facilities.
“After the deadly February 2021 freeze, the Legislature put in place weatherization standards for power plants. ERCOT has conducted widespread inspections of power plants to ensure those rules are being followed,” the Morning News notes.
“The grid operator also created an incentive program that pays power plants for keeping a backup supply of fuel on-site. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has also created some weatherization standards for gas wells and pipelines. And both ERCOT and the Railroad Commission have created a map of critical infrastructure,” according to the paper.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/24/texas-officials-warn-of-winter-rolling-blackouts-unreliable-energy-sources-population-boom-all-factors-1414884/?utm_campaign=bizpac&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Get%20Response&utm_term=EMAIL
Nov 24, 2023 15:40:35 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
Texas officials warn of winter rolling blackouts; ... (show quote)
Yup. Time for Ted Cruz to go to Cancun.
Nov 24, 2023 15:51:59 #
kemmer wrote:
Yup. Time for Ted Cruz to go to Cancun.
Time for you and others like you to go to Gaza
Nov 24, 2023 16:27:31 #
kemmer wrote:
Yup. Time for Ted Cruz to go to Cancun.
Abbott has had years to fix this nonsense that has k**led dozens of Texans but he doesn’t have the stones to hold the energy tycoons accountable so he wastes the states resources on a giant string of floating anal beads in the Rio Grand to drown Mexican children.
Nov 24, 2023 16:29:05 #
Kevyn wrote:
Abbott has had years to fix this nonsense that has k**led dozens of Texans but he doesn’t have the stones to hold the energy tycoons accountable so he wastes the states resources on a giant string of floating anal beads in the Rio Grand to drown Mexican children.
Nov 24, 2023 16:47:05 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
Texas officials warn of winter rolling blackouts; ... (show quote)
The only people who will suffer during a grid down event, are the ones who are too stupid to have learned from the last power outage.
If the power goes out in my neck of Texas, I will immediately switch to my auxiliary.
And I couldn't give a rat's ass if the power never came back.
I can maintain my auxiliaries permanently if necessary.
Nov 24, 2023 17:58:01 #
Wolf counselor wrote:
The only people who will suffer during a grid down event, are the ones who are too stupid to have learned from the last power outage.
If the power goes out in my neck of Texas, I will immediately switch to my auxiliary.
And I couldn't give a rat's ass if the power never came back.
I can maintain my auxiliaries permanently if necessary.
If the power goes out in my neck of Texas, I will immediately switch to my auxiliary.
And I couldn't give a rat's ass if the power never came back.
I can maintain my auxiliaries permanently if necessary.
Typical MAGA motto: “I got mine!”
Nov 24, 2023 18:17:21 #
Wolf counselor wrote:
The only people who will suffer during a grid down event, are the ones who are too stupid to have learned from the last power outage.
If the power goes out in my neck of Texas, I will immediately switch to my auxiliary.
And I couldn't give a rat's ass if the power never came back.
I can maintain my auxiliaries permanently if necessary.
If the power goes out in my neck of Texas, I will immediately switch to my auxiliary.
And I couldn't give a rat's ass if the power never came back.
I can maintain my auxiliaries permanently if necessary.
Nov 24, 2023 20:57:43 #
Nov 25, 2023 04:08:30 #
liberalhunter
Loc: Your mom's house
Kevyn wrote:
Abbott has had years to fix this nonsense that has k**led dozens of Texans but he doesn’t have the stones to hold the energy tycoons accountable so he wastes the states resources on a giant string of floating anal beads in the Rio Grand to drown Mexican children.
And fat pregnant beaner women, we target them first...... and if I may.....ifin those giant anal beads were part of the Disney collection being sold at Walmart you'd be all in and most likely own the entire collection.
Just pointing out the obvious.....petulant man child
Nov 25, 2023 07:46:16 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
Texas officials warn of winter rolling blackouts; ... (show quote)
Poor Texas seems to be suffering the most, or at least first, for democrats' moronic, destructive policies😔
Nov 25, 2023 07:46:33 #
Nov 25, 2023 07:48:28 #
Kevyn wrote:
Abbott has had years to fix this nonsense that has k**led dozens of Texans but he doesn’t have the stones to hold the energy tycoons accountable so he wastes the states resources on a giant string of floating anal beads in the Rio Grand to drown Mexican children.
The "energy tycoons" have gone along with g***n e****y crap before it is reliable or has reasonable capacity. Especially for a population that has had 15 million people dumped in🙄🙄🙄
Nov 25, 2023 07:50:35 #
kemmer wrote:
Typical MAGA motto: “I got mine!”
Typical Boy Scout motto - "Be prepared". Or how about an adult motto "Be self sufficient and don't depend on the i***ts who steal half your money"🙄🙄🙄
Nov 25, 2023 09:52:48 #
debeda wrote:
Poor Texas seems to be suffering the most, or at least first, for democrats' moronic, destructive policies😔
As texas is working to be the ultimate red state, fighting with the florida camp for the dubious honor.. how can even a deranged person such as yourself blaime the Dems for the failure of the Abbot infected actions overwhelming the state?
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