I woke up to reports of rolling power outages in Texas. It's turning out now that these are permanent power outages in near record cold temps. Centerpoint Energy was on TV admitting that the problem is that many power generation plants are off line. So, they're reporting rolling outages. That's not true. They're reporting that the demand is high. I don't believe that in a state where natural gas supplies all the heating and the grid is designed for massive load from electric powered air conditioning in the summer. The Centerpoint rep admitted it. It's not the demand. Texas is facing a critical problem with power generation. I noticed they didn't mention which power plants have gone offline! They're only admitting a generic power production problem. I wonder why they're surprisingly uncurious about which power plants have gone offline and why? Guess what has happened to Texas power generation while no one was watching? In a state with the highest production of natural gas and plentiful coal, what power generation source do you think might have problems in the cold temps, snow, and ice of winter? Guess which state leads the nation in wind powered electric generation? Would you have guessed Texas? Texas is now dependent on wind power for a whopping 23% of it's power generation. Do you think that maybe the story they're not telling us yet is that all those power generation plants that have gone off line are actually all wind power plants?
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I live in south central Texas. Our power has been off since 3am. It has come in twice but only for about 45 minutes at a time. Our neighborhood, and many others, do not have gas. I do agree they will not be honest about the effects of wind power reliance though.