#ERCOT

Greenpeace USA

greenpeaceusa

Texans are suffering through a polar vortex without power — let down by the same fossil fuel corporations responsible for the climate crisis. An unprepared, non-resilient system has left millions

Clay Jenkins

JudgeClayJ

As of now the @ERCOT_ISO shed is 13,500. @oncor customers without power currently is 194k in Dallas County. In all of @oncor it’s 670k out. Tarrant-153kDenton-21kCollin-68kEllis-8400Kaufman-1400Rockwell -10,800Johnson-5800Hunt-2200Parker-

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Trying to make sense of the Texas disaster. At least so far, it seems that there are no obvious villains — except the usual suspects on the right trying to

Yel☀️🌻💜⭐

hobikookooo

Mew Suppasit as macarons coz his hair somehow makes him extra softer MEWCARONS #MewSuppasit @MSuppasit#MewSuppasitStudio @Msuppasitstudio He look so appetizing #MewSuppasit @MSuppasit He looks so cool but still so

Rep. Dan Crenshaw

RepDanCrenshaw

With electricity blackouts across Texas, many are wondering: what happened? How does the energy capital of the United States run out of power?Here’s what happened. THREAD #1 - Frozen Wind

Patrick W. Watson

PatrickW

THREAD: Today's awful electricity situation in Texas is also economically interesting, and says something about our political and social problems as well. https://twitter.com/AlyssaMGoard/status/1361319451526909953?s=20 1/8 Texas has it

Mike O'Boyle

oboylemm

1/ Electric utilities are planning to build 235 new natural gas power plants in the next 18 years. This creates huge stranded asset risks, exacerbates climate risks, and portends electricity

Benjamin Kohlmann

benkohlmann

How a Minnesota-native views the current cold snap in Dallas. It's probably not what you're expecting. But it does highlight the challenges of preparing for unexpected events...Ain numerous parts. I

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

Texas’ power grid was “seconds and minutes” away from a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months, officials with the entity that operates the grid

Sean Casten

SeanCasten

For those wondering what the causes are of Texas blackouts, @JesseJenkins is doing a really good real time analysis of generator capacity and operation. (Short story: we have a natural

Dan Crenshaw

DanCrenshawTX

With blackouts across Texas, many are wondering: what happened? Leftists are cheering a “red state” having energy problems.Here’s the truth about what happened. THREAD Summary:A mix of over-subsidized wind energy

Jen Rice

jen_rice_

Houston city council just unanimously passed an eviction grace period ordinance for the first time during the pandemic. The question is who will be protected and for how long? It's

jinny CHECK RTS AND PINNED

ranboo4orbits

Lets talk about the situation in texas from a person who currently lives here.please rt and share [ all the link in this thread are safe!] Over the past few

Blue Canaries

CanariesBlue

Why didnt @ERCOT_ISO have reserves of natural gas or propane???It does not FREEZE when processed or when refined into propane. It can only freeze when unprocessed coming from extraction sites.

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

As with all major blackout events, the fact that a range of fuel type failures contributed to this will be obscured by an excessive focus on renewables, leading to the

Ryan ☕

RyanfDuffy

What the f*** is happening in Texas? I couldn’t sleep last night, so I did my best to put the backstory into a thread. If you have loved ones or

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