#Grid

Duncan S. Campbell

duncan__c

Rate design is so weird. I can install an on-site solar + storage system, interconnect in front of the meter, and generate revenue via VDER.But if I put that system

Kimberly Wooster

KimWooster11

Give a shout out to the operators at Comanche Peak- one of 2 nuclear plants in TX. They're keeping power flowing to the grid during this emergency.https://twitter.com/Orano_usa/status/1361323025627496450 Most of the

Matthew Gertz

MattGertz

Seriously take the quarter-second necessary to think through a take that revolves around liberals having too much political power in Texas.https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1361717335988572160 Texas public officials would really like to

(((Matthew Lewis))) fourplexes in yer parking

mateosfo

Electricity transmission projects are generally presented in costs per mile, because, well, a mile of electric cable costs more than a half mile.So, cities that mandate sprawl with bans on

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

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)

Daniel Wright

danielhwright

A long thread on owning a solar PV system for the first time. I got mine a month ago. And it has changed the way I consume electricity.It's a 4.4kW

𝔤𝔦𝔲|| happy b day shawn ♡︎

shawnxlec

Okay, so I saw a lot of girls talking a lot about Charles and Carlos stans,but rooting for Nico Hulkenberg, so I'm here to show why this is hypocritical important

Doctor Historianess

historianess

A thread about electricity deregulation and infrastructure in Texas: 1/ Dereg has been a thing there since we moved to Austin in the late 1980s. A constant push for lower

Andrew Scurria

AndrewScurria

Breaking: @DHSOIG slammed Puerto Rico's power utility for failing to control costs of rebuilding the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria, leaving itself open to gouging by contractors Cobra and Whitefish.

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

Getting reports that trendy energy retailer @octopus_energy is offering consumers "free energy" if they reduce their consumption today, 4-6, to help cope with "high demand" (aka low supply). "If you

Gerad Tod

gerad_t0d

Reiterating: you're all wrong about electricity markets and they don't work like they think you do.Source: Myself Start here if you want to understand what's going on in Texas. Think

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

Wow - Joe Biden's first executive order is a ban on estimating the costs of high VRE integration by taking the most expensive lithium ion battery, multiplying that by the

Nathan Bernier

KUTnathan

I'm on an ERCOT media call now. I'll post some of the stuff they say here. ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says they're still working with power generators to get them

Duncan S. Campbell

duncan__c

@drvolts you should write about the new @VibrantCE energy study. It's the first effort I've seen that layers in a model of the distribution grid to its macro-grid analysis and

Alex Epstein

AlexEpstein

Many politicians and media members media have a vested interest in moving past the CA blackouts and raising as few questions as possible about their cause. But Americans have a

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