Unpopular opinion, as Texan, they have been telling the power companies to 'winterize' their plants since 2011, the companies opted out. That should not have been an option, so he cannot escape some blame for this, but ERCOT needs to be investigated because these are not rolling blackouts, theyre turning peoples power off and not turning them back on.
I agree, with 75% of our power generation from Gas, Coal, and Nuclear we should be able to turn up the dial to account for Wind Turbine failures. The fact that they cannot, is a dereliction of duty IMO.
So what is involved in winterizing these natural gas plants that shut down? Is it a relatively minor retrofit, or are we talking about basically rebuilding plants? Something in between?
Could it realistically be done before next year? Or are Texans going to be at risk of winter power failures for some time?
I hear stories of unprotected water lines bursting and damaging generating equipment, heavy load causes poorly maintained equipment to fail (+ lack of spares), as well as poorly designed layouts creating choke points for electric and gas flows.
It's like Puerto Rico, it takes a major weather event to show the corruption of our energy grid...
Maybe we need to add Hunter Biden to the Energy board, he seems to know his stuff.../s
Unpopular opinion, as Texan, they have been telling the power companies to 'winterize' their plants since 2011, the companies opted out. That should not have been an option, so he cannot escape some blame for this, but ERCOT needs to be investigated because these are not rolling blackouts, theyre turning peoples power off and not turning them back on.
I agree, with 75% of our power generation from Gas, Coal, and Nuclear we should be able to turn up the dial to account for Wind Turbine failures. The fact that they cannot, is a dereliction of duty IMO.
They were probably collecting fat paychecks for years but obviously weren't doing their jobs.
So what is involved in winterizing these natural gas plants that shut down? Is it a relatively minor retrofit, or are we talking about basically rebuilding plants? Something in between?
Could it realistically be done before next year? Or are Texans going to be at risk of winter power failures for some time?
I hear stories of unprotected water lines bursting and damaging generating equipment, heavy load causes poorly maintained equipment to fail (+ lack of spares), as well as poorly designed layouts creating choke points for electric and gas flows.
It's like Puerto Rico, it takes a major weather event to show the corruption of our energy grid...
Maybe we need to add Hunter Biden to the Energy board, he seems to know his stuff.../s