#Ercot

Paul P.H. Wilson⚛

gonuke

It is simply not correct to point fingers at wind & solar energy as we try to understand the situation in TX. The system (almost) had a plan for weather

Clarence Wittwer

TheHoboBoss

So for many without power in Texas and that are now without water, let me break it down for you.ERCOT just up and shut down the power for most of

Clay Jenkins

JudgeClayJ

Just had call with Oncor’s CEO and senior leadership. The power generation increase @ERCOT_ISO forecast for last night didn’t happen. During our call ERCOT demanded an additional 500 megawatts be

Austin Energy

austinenergy

WATCH LIVE: The City of Austin to address the ongoing severe weather and its impact on Austin and Travis County residents, utilities, and service. Follow this thread for live tweets.https://www.facebook.com/AustinHSEM/videos/464448484966076

Kitten, The Uber

t3hub3rk1tten

It seems like ERCOT was minutes away from a total blackout of the grid Monday. Trying to black start the grid and fixing massive equipment failures while under that weather...

Kitten, The Uber

t3hub3rk1tten

I realize it's not much comfort, but if you're seeing the pictures of lit up Texas skylines at night and thinking "all the power is going to heating up empty

Alex Epstein

AlexEpstein

There is a lot of conflicting "information" about the TX blackouts. Here's the bottom line: the root cause of the TX blackouts is a national and state policy that has

Hagma Goldmark

Nursing_Heretic

A quick primer on Texas government and our power grid. For those outside the lone star state who are watching, and those who are in the state who never took

Brendan Keefe

BrendanKeefe

No. Not 'frozen wind turbines'The Texas power failure was caused by a failure of those in power1) ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, failed to winterize infrastructure after similar 2011 outages2)

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

What sent Texas reeling is not an engineering problem, nor frozen wind turbines. It is a structure that offers no incentives to prepare for winter. In the name of deregulation

toe

cointeltoe

What’s happening in Texas is horrific. No infrastructure for any of this and why would they have built infrastructure for below freezing temps and snow? ERCOT and Abott are turning

Red

redbuckman

Some thoughts on why gas turbines and engines hate the cold as much as I do. Combustion is air + fuel, so most people think making a fire should combat

Ed Ireson

EdIreson

It seems like @austinenergy could be communicating a lot better about what’s going on. From what I gather:- @ERCOT_ISO doesn’t have enough power for the state. Lots of generation methods

Donny Friederichsen

dfriederichsen

Thread/Update from Keller, TXThere are still rolling blackouts in the area. The water situation is slowing being fixed. We're under a water boil advisory. It's still cold but getting warmer.

Curt Nordgaard

Curt_Nordgaard

Monthly FERC meeting is open but not yet started, scheduled 10-11.Atlantic Bridge is the last item on the agenda, assuming they make it through the electric section!https://ferc.gov/news-events/events/february-18-2021-virtual-open-meeting-0

Drew Smithee, PE

DrewSmithee

Energy Twitter has struck a nerv. Apparently a lot of you experts don't know basic terms. I hope this is a short thread but I'll add to it if I

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