When you go to turn on your solar panels and wind turbine in Texas in February.
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ERCOT fucked this up for sure BUT I’m telling my Texas reps and senators that Texas needs to keep its independent power grid. One, when a cascading power failure hits the east or west grid we in Texas get the giggles. Two, just in case we want to finally cut ties with the assholes running the government.
Rick Perry submitted a report in 2017 highlighting the risks of relying too heavily on highly subsidized forms of power (wind/solar) as apart of their staff report.
Reading ERCOT's reports around that time shows them going all-in on wind.
Rick Perry also wanted 90 Days of coal reserves.
They shut down another 10 coal power plants and ignored any reserves.
ERCOT on some Enron shit.
Agreed, however their behavior was driven by the market, which was affected heavily through federal subsidies for wind and solar.
They used Wind as a direct replacement for coal power, which is very risky.
we just need people in leadership roles at ERCOT who actually lead. not people who were selected because they are good enforcers of an ideological dogma
and the assholes live in Texas so they have to endure any shit pies they make.