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#2551
Big news today --- the Texas Supreme Court ruled the state electric grid operator has "sovereign immunity," which protects government agencies from lawsuits. This decision is likely to free ERCOT from lawsuits that thousands filed after the 2021 storm.https://t.co/AbVY2wcFOv

 

 

 

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#2552
10 minutes ago, pacman said:
Big news today --- the Texas Supreme Court ruled the state electric grid operator has "sovereign immunity," which protects government agencies from lawsuits. This decision is likely to free ERCOT from lawsuits that thousands filed after the 2021 storm.https://t.co/AbVY2wcFOv

 

 

 

This is tortured reasoning. They get QI because they "provide a vital service to the state" - but they're literally failing to provide a stable and resilient power grid. 

#2554
Doug Lewin. He's a good follow.
 

Meanwhile, Solar and wind were providing 40% of the state’s power earlier today. I’m so glad our legislature will no doubt double down on their efforts to kneecap these energy sources.
#2555

Setting records

 

Two records broken in #ERCOT this weekend:Old peak demand weekend record: 77,359MWNew weekend record set today at 4:55pm: 79,024MWOld solar record: 12,757MWNew solar record: 13,080MWDespite high demand, prices were low thanks largely to renewables. #txlege #energytwitter

 

#2556

dumb question amnesty: according to that tweet above renewables supplied about ~17% of the demand. Does that account for residential solar? How do metrics like this factor in energy being put into the grid from rooftop solar or even if that energy is collected and stored? Is that just taken out of the demand number? Seems like 17% is way low.

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#2558

Feds are going to save Texas from itself …..

Texas politicians have long-resisted this move, worrying it would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission more oversight.That concern has left Texas’ power grid

 

#2560
12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Feds are going to save Texas from itself …..

Texas politicians have long-resisted this move, worrying it would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission more oversight.That concern has left Texas’ power grid

 

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Texas politicians have long-resisted this move, worrying it would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission more oversight.

Oh noes!  We might not be able to fuck over the citizenry and enrich ourselves as much!  The horror!

#2561
24 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Oh noes!  We might not be able to fuck over the citizenry and enrich ourselves as much!  The horror!


correct

#2563
33 minutes ago, troph said:

Nuclear and industrial  storage capacity for green energy are the answer. We are close to 100% renewables / green / clean if we find the political will. 

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#2567

Oh, here we go.

ERCOT won't be credible until they start communicating honestly. They completely left out the fact that 6,600 megawatts of gas and coal plants are currently offline. That's >30% higher than typical. They also got the hours wrong. 1/🧵#txlege #txenergy #energytwitter https://t.co/DTnwg5KD5t

 

#2568

ERCOT has had thermal outages in aggregate at or above modeled expectations for weeks now.  Today specifically, wind production is materially lower (but this was seen in the forecast days ago) and its exceptionally hot today.  An unfortunate mix.  

#2569

ERCOT's communication is like...outside of the top 10 things I'd list as problems. 

The problem is the legislature. 

#2570
2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

ERCOT's communication is like...outside of the top 10 things I'd list as problems. 

The problem is the legislature. 

Problem is that ERCOT's communication helps cover for the legislature fuckery. If ERCOT put out more honest info, etc., most people still wouldn't care, but at least some would raise an eyebrow.

#2571
1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Problem is that ERCOT's communication helps cover for the legislature fuckery. If ERCOT put out more honest info, etc., most people still wouldn't care, but at least some would raise an eyebrow.

No they wouldn’t. but it’s a moot point, ERCOT board is appointed by the PUC. Who appoints the PUC? 
 

I’ll save you the time it’s the governor and the senate. 
 

Now, see my previous post. 

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#2574
Bivens has been unafraid to critique Texas grid policy. In a recent report she said an new policy by the Electric Reliability Council inflated energy prices by up to $8 Billion this summer with no positive impact on reliability. ERCOT CEO and other leaders disagreed. 3/

 

Sucks to be a Texas energy consumer

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#2579
7 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Bitcoin miners rejoice or whatever those  assholes do to celebrate

Their next big party is on February 10, 2024.

#2580

Abbott's energy consumer tax to transfer wealth from the consumer to energy companies begins..

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#2582
4 hours ago, pacman said:

Abbott's energy consumer tax to transfer wealth from the consumer to energy companies begins..

Abbott and the Republicans know their base won't do shit next year about this.

#2583
2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

For the record, we haven't seen it yet, but the Farmer's and other almanacs and forecasting have predicted a harsh winter. We'll see. 

I've never understood why anyone takes the Farmer's Almanac seriously.  I thought it was just a novelty.

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Publishers claim that "many longtime Almanac followers claim that their forecasts are 80% to 85% accurate" on their website. Their website also contains a list of the many more "famous" weather predictions they have accurately forewarned of and like to point out that they have been predicting the weather longer than the National Weather Service.

Most scientific analyses of the accuracy of Farmers' Almanac forecasts have shown a 50% rate of accuracy,[4][5] which is higher than that of groundhog prognostication, a folklore method of forecasting.[6] USA Today states that "according to numerous media analyses neither the Old Farmer's Almanac nor the Farmers' Almanac gets it right".[7]

 

#2584
2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I've never understood why anyone takes the Farmer's Almanac seriously.  I thought it was just a novelty.

Per wiki:

 

It's still cited in our industry. 

#2585
Just now, SydneyCarton said:

It's still cited in our industry. 

Weather?  Are you phdhorn?  Whatever happened to that guy?

#2590
On 11/20/2023 at 12:59 PM, SydneyCarton said:

For the record, we haven't seen it yet, but the Farmer's and other almanacs and forecasting have predicted a harsh winter. We'll see. 

I just had a cup of Turkish coffee and the coffee grounds told me that the Farmer's Almanac is full of it. 

#2591
55 minutes ago, texasdago said:

I just had a cup of Turkish coffee and the coffee grounds told me that the Farmer's Almanac is full of it. 

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#2594
On 11/25/2023 at 9:35 PM, Chewbacca said:
On 11/25/2023 at 9:45 AM, WithoutAClue said:
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Bad tacos is too small.

Is there really such a thing as a bad taco?

#2595
2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Is there really such a thing as a bad taco?

south austin's mom after a long saturday?

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#2599
This week a panel of judges determined that Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies. The reason? Texas's deregulated energy market.https://t.co/FLQiLK4ZlF

 

#2600

We live in a joke of a state 

harris county needs to hook up to the national grid. itll solve a ton of issues ?

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