Noted.

I wasn’t offended.

fair enough

This is really suspicious

Seems like an optics attack so some stupid news organization can run an op-ed on how we're all white supremacist nazis

ok i'm out of the loop

We're not the party of censorship

This cannot be real.

Where do you see that it's from 2015?

What nobody wants is more federal politics in Texas.

GTFO.

There's a bit to unpack here, but the numbers in their simplest form tell the tale:

26.5GW of thermal went Kaput, 17GW of Wind went Kaput.

Moreover, nobody expects wind to be 100% reliable, because obviously it only produces electricity when there is wind. Thermal on the other hand, people expect to be available as they see fit, and able to ramp up/down as needed (natural gas more than coal).

In effect: Texas wasn't ready for a once-in-a half-century winter event, and that's fine. Sometimes you just have to snuggle up a couple days and in exchange enjoy half a century of cheap electricity.

26,500MW and 17,000MW are 26.5GW and 17GW respectively

They lost 26.5GW of Thermal and 17GW of Wind + Solar

This title is clickbait garbage:

As of 6 p.m., approximately 43,000 MW of generation has been forced off the system during this extreme winter weather event. Of that, 26,500 MW is thermal and nearly 17,000 MW is wind and solar.

No they're not. They're a utility, and that's a good thing.

I feel like we're being trolled lol

of the Ukraine impeachment

Oh god we need to distinguish which impeachment we're talking about. I didn't even think of that.

tbh, nobody here's really asking for help

Then they have mo claim to more reliable electricity. The opposite is true.

I don’t think they pay a higher rate for electricity

It’s not something that can happen at the flip of a switch even with a week’s time.

They’re down for scheduled maintenance, as usually electricity demand is low right now.

I don’t think much of anything needs to be done, except for someone to look at the nature of the utility company’s rolling power outages.

Rich neighborhoods didn’t suffer any outages. If this is due to political connections or otherwise, it is antithetical for a Utility to give preference like that.

Europe is actually investing a shit ton in fusion.

I’d be happy with nuclear

I disagree. I don’t think we need to spend tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to make a power grid robust to a once-a-half-century winter event.

This will just lead to higher prices

I love wind energy. I don't get the hate at all.

There is plenty to criticize environmental lunatics over, but this isn't it.

Patience pede. This fire isn't going out anytime soon, but neither is the blaze it promises going to come without some preparation.