89Horn

“You say that like it’s a bad thing.”

Frak you.

If Sharp knew and did not say anything, he was doing so to protect the university from the idiocy of the others in power and its alums. He exerted his best efforts, yet still the idiots showed their butt hurt asses. Again if he knew, he should be thanked for keeping it secret lest aggy coming off looking stupider than they did. And we all know that there is no floor to how stupid they can look.

Let me be a bit more clear. I’d rather we not subsidize anyone . . . outside of the UT family.

On the vote, SEC makes aggy give the hook ‘em hand sign for the 4 in the 14.

Ok.

I’d rather we subsidize no one.

The shirt will be orange, but just a shade off true burnt orange. You know, just to twist the sips’ tails.

Didn’t play for the last nine years. Advantage: aggy

SEC schools are finally seeing full aggy. TX and OU meeting with the SEC along with a complaining aggy:

We’re not your friends. We were never your friends. This is about business. We’ve gotten to the end game - TX and OU. - SEC and its members

Frankly, this is the issue that will very nearly tank the move. We’ll demand that the name be changed to the SWC. Ultimately, everyone agrees to “The Conference.” Ohio State and Michigan immediately lose their shit.

So Bama will say Texas you can control west of the Mississippi? Not sure I understand. I’m joking by the way. Or, am I?

We good of joined the SEC any day, but we stayed in the BIG XII out of kindness I suppose.

Wrestling

The Big 12 is going to end up like a ‘70s rock band or R&B group that is still touring today with none of their original members. Or maybe, the Big 12, featuring Kansas State, performing tonight at the Bell County Expo Center!

First off, I had no idea that the SEC was filled with Christians from Scotland. Also, did “bah” get bastardized into “baw” when aggy joined the conference?

It’s not you. It’s me. - Texas

If there is, each post is is a “booooooo” just like their fans at the game when every call didn’t go their way.😃

His other eye won't even do that. It's too lazy.

I caught the tail end. One thing he said was that all segments of the generation mix failed. He said it in the following order: NG, coal, nuke, and wind and solar. He also said there would be investigations. He would work to ensure more generation (new?) is available so that we are not short of power going forward and will ensure that infrastructure is essentially hardened to avoid failures like what just happened. He said it all very sternly and with a serious look on his face. He even wagged his index finger.

Perhaps EIA information is not the best, but the PUCT does compile rates offerings data by classifications of kWh usage from reportings from the Retail Electric Providers in the deregulated part of Texas (ERCOT) and the monopoly bundled service providers outside of ERCOT and those exempt from competition (El Paso Electric, Southwestern Power Electric Co, Xcel Energy-SPS and Entergy Texas, plus Coops and Munis). The data goes all the way back year by year and month by month starting with the open of competition in the ERCOT control area of Texas. From the info provided, it is not difficult to figure out the price/kWh offerings. I haven't dug through all the info, but the RETAIL rates appear to be close in and outside of ERCOT. I say RETAIL because there are other inputs like Transmission and Generation charges that differ among grid control areas that complicate the calculations. For instance, transmission rates in ERCOT are set by the PUCT and those outside of ERCOT are set at the federal level by FERC. Generation outside of ERCOT is regulated by the PUCT but ERCOT generation is unregulated. REPs in ERCOT info by investor owned T&D service area (Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, TNMP): http://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/rates/RESbill/RESbillarc.aspx Investor owned utilities outside of ERCOT and Munis/Coops exempt from competition: http://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/rates/NCrate/viewdownarc.aspx

Texas's grid isn't connected to the rest of the country except for the panhandle and east texas areas. We can't buy power from anywhere else. The ERCOT grid does have several DC ties to the eastern interconnect through the SPP and to Mexico but capacity for support is minimal in situations we are currently facing.

The aggy is talking about “blackstart” condition. If the entire grid is out, it is difficult to get it started because the ERCOT grid is an island(because Texas doesn’t want to invoke interstate commerce and have its grid subject to federal regulation). There are a handful of direct current ties with the eastern interconnect to OK and AR and to the south with Comisión Federal de Mexico at the border to Mexico. The Texas grid operates at asynchronous connection. We’d have to establish a connection to the outside to get the grid started that is complicated by the DC to AC power transfers. But, getting it started is one thing and maintaining stability of the vastly interconnected grid across the state is another thing. We don’t ever want the entire grid going down. By the way, ERCOT’s grid controls 85% of the state. The Southwest Power Pool controls most of the rest in the panhandle and northeast and southeast TX as part of the eastern interconnect. El Paso is part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council in the western interconnect. I’d be curious to see how folks in Amarillo, Beaumont, and Texarkana are doing.