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swraith

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  1. Uh. I think its 4GW of power generation. Per their website Brazos Electric is a 3,994 megawatt generation and transmission cooperative whose members' service territory extends across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. I'm assuming they had generation trip offline...leading to these invoices from ERCOT. Could be any of these Jack County (1 and 2) - 1240 mw gas fired combined cycle plant Johnson County - 258mw gas 1x1 combined cycled plant RW Miller - 576 mw gas/diesel plant Sandy Creek - 1000mw coal plant (brazos has 25% offtake) They had an RFP for energy in 2020. https://aces-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Brazos-Electric-Cooperative-2020-RFI-for-ERCOT-Energy-Resources-.pdf According to Fitch....BPEC has been "short" and taking advantage of lower ERCOT pricing in recent years https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-brazos-electric-power-cooperative-inc-tx-idr-at-a-outlook-positive-18-06-2020 So its possible BPEC was "short" and had units trip offline...which would be a double whammy. Just speculation on my part.
  2. Someone may be more of an expert...but if you are with Austin Energy (AE)...solar won't help in terms of reliability during outages. My understanding is that solar is basically on a separate meter and all production is sold to AE. AE still has your house meter for all your consumption from the grid. Basically you get your normal Austin Energy bill and then Austin Energy sends you a check for your solar production based on their Value of Solar tariff. AE does not allow distributed generation (solar) to serve their own load. I'm not up to speed on how AE handles batteries...aka Powerwalls.
  3. I have no power, no heat, no internet and trying to conserve cellphone battery. But I still needed to come say...fuck that cocksucker.
  4. I’m 78757 and been shit all day
  5. Checking in while charging phone in my car that is idling in my driveway. like many, power has been off since 2am. House is pretty cold but I think we can sleep with enough blankets. I fear for the pipes in the house. Nothing to be done at this point. taking leftover chili to a neighbors house to get it warmed up on their gas stovetop to get a hot meal for the day.
  6. Crossed the 3 hour mark on our power outage. This is not good for my chances of making it through this without frozen pipes.
  7. Power has been out for us in 78757 for over an hour. Austin Energy map has me covered with 3 different outage shapes.
  8. I want to do this and thoughts about it several days ago. But I can't. Inevitably my wife or kids would hit the garage door opener and everything would be fucked. I just have to accept the air penetration since my family is incapable of paying attention to details.
  9. With the abundance of streaming options and the volume of music and podcasts, I don't get the appeal of listening to local radio these days..
  10. Wait what’s going on with this necro bump? Is somebody knocking on Stacey after what happened in Georgia?
  11. This. It sucks...but today's reality is forcing savers to accept almost no short term return unless they are willing to accept substantial levels of risk.
  12. https://www.organicsbygosh.com/ https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/austin-city-council-approves-composting-contract/
  13. I have three blue recycling bins. I could get by with just 2...but I don’t pay extra for them so 3 it is. I’m fairly certain the compost in the green bins all gets taken to the Organics by Gosh composting facility east of Austin. It’s not going to the dump.
  14. The Marvin Austin dealer you referenced...is that Amazing Exteriors on Burnet? I was just thinking about contacting them based on the upstream recommendation about Marvin.
  15. I’m not one too put much stock in a literal “hell”, but I hope that hostage taker has some serious karmic suffering based on the amount of pain caused tonight.
  16. Fuck. This is my kids pedi office and the alleged hostage is our actual doc. Scary shit.
  17. I've had Energy One try to sell me windows multiple times via door to door channel. Any company selling door to door....I assume is sketchy.
  18. I'm in Austin. Have original early 60s aluminum frame single pane windows with brick exterior. I've been thinking about replacing them throughout the entire house. I was thinking about calling Window World. Then I read your comment. Who should I call instead of them...in Austin? I'm thinking the old windows need to be removed, new windows installed, and any clean up on the exterior walls.
  19. today wasn't terrible....so that's a good day in the context of the last 30 days
  20. I heard Biden say he will admit when mistakes are made. That's good. Acknowledge imperfection and that mistakes are going to happen....not due to negligence but just b/c that is life. Set expectations at a reasonable level.
  21. I am not in any way defending Trump, Pompeo, or their views. But this is over the top. How would one even prove the above statement in a criminal court? Trump is still President today. The Secretary of State is still empowered to execute foreign policy as the current President sees fit. The current administration doesn't have to stop until Biden is sworn in. It would be nice to shorten the timeline between elections and inauguration in an attempt to mitigate this problem...though it does seem like incoming administrations need as much time as possible to execute their transition plans. It would be fun to see if the DOJ could go after Pompeo for Hatch Act violations.
  22. today wasn't too bad. down to half the allergy meds I was taking. but in full disclosure...I haven't left the house in like 4 days....ugh.
  23. I really want to go outside. Then I see the wind blowing from the northwest....and its a big nope. Have to stay inside.
  24. We voluntarily complied with the district request. Kept both kids home. They are Having zoom calls today. Both kids would prefer to be at school. Wife is concerned about them getting bored. Of course they are going to get bored.
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