#ERCOT

Wes Rapaport

wesrap

About an hour away from @GovAbbott press conference updating Texas on power outages and storm response. #txlege #txwx https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-to-give-update-on-texas-power-water-outages-response-at-3-p-m-thursday/ Press c

James Talarico

jamestalarico

ERCOT must be held accountable. But that’s not where the blame lies.Politicians will try to throw ERCOT under the bus to deflect attention from our state’s failed polices of deregulation

Clay Jenkins

JudgeClayJ

Generation is stubbornly staying at 47k Megawatts. It reached 50k yesterday but then declined. The problems stem from two main sources: A lack of winterization packages on generator plants and

JesseJenkins

JesseJenkins

A ? Ive gotten from reporters today: Is Texas crisis a result of deregulation of electric generation? It is hard to say until all the facts are in, but this

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

Friends, I assure you that your non-Texas chunk of the electric grid is also deeply flawed, aging, and bonkers in its own special way. ERCOT is a weird system, but

Daniel Cohan

cohan_ds

Before each season, ERCOT issues a Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy. It's meant to plan for the peak demand expected that season. Looking more closely at ERCOT's winter peak plan,

Caitlin Smith

Caitlin0903

I told @joshdr83 that my plan for engaging in #energytwitter is to tweet in the morning the main clarifications I made more multiples times the day before. Starting with: A)

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

This is horrifying.https://twitter.com/mims/status/1361851650495889416 So here's the thing with making an electric grid work: You have to have an almost perfect balance between supply and demand at all times. There's a

Ben Serrurier

benserrurier

I've learned a lot about the natural gas system during the ERCOT crisis and am appreciative of industry folks shedding sharing their expertise. Those same folks don't always have an

☮️Bethel☮️ (Composer Looking for Work!)

bethel_studios

So what’s going on with Texas during this #texasfreeze? Buckle down and let me tell ya. ᴀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ. (1/?)#TexasBlackout #ercot #ercotfail #texaswinterstorm #TexasWeather #TexasIsClosed #TexasWinterStorm2021 #snow #Snowmageddon20

Alice Chikara

33alhee

Texas is the only state in the US that runs a stand-alone grid, designed to keep its energy system independent& isolated from other markets. During critical weather events like the

Forrest Wilder

Forrest4Trees

ERCOT for sure has a lot of blame to bear for this crisis, but the fundamental feature of Texas's power grid is deregulation. We went further and faster than any

Doug Lewin

douglewinenergy

A thread on the #ERCOT situation below but most importantly, if you're in TX, if you can, reduce usage today between 4-10 and again tomorrow between 5-9am. More below on

James Talarico

jamestalarico

Texas is experiencing a humanitarian crisis. People are burning furniture to heat their homes, melting snow to flush their toilets, risking carbon monoxide poisoning to protect their children.If Texas was

Joshua D. Rhodes

joshdr83

While it is *exciting* to watch the prices in the ERCOT market right now, the basis (difference in prices between the north and south) is going to be bad news

Catholic Democrats

CatholicDems

Ted Cruz is a United States Senator. Here are various things he could have done besides fly to Cancun:1. Work closely with FEMA to coordinate relief2. Work closely with counties

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