ERCOT Urging For Energy Conservation

[Vic Mackey 47006]

Barely into the 80s and already calling for energy conservation? This is a cold front for the months ahead of us. Less than 2 months after the disaster in the winter and now this? Remember, they also told us not to expect rolling blackouts at all less than 24hrs before they actually performed these. 

https://www.fox4news.com/news/ercot-calls-for-energy-conservation-on-mid-april-day-in-low-80s-in-north-texas

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DALLAS - ERCOT officials asked for energy conservation Tuesday despite temperatures across the state being nowhere close to record numbers.

As North Texans enjoyed an afternoon of temperatures in the 70s and low 80s, the operator of the state's power grid called for energy conservation.

"Due to a combination of high gen outages typical in April & higher-than-forecasted demand caused by a stalled cold front over TX, ERCOT may enter emergency conditions," ERCOT said in a tweet just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

This comes two months after a catastrophic failure to keep the lights on and homes warm during an historic winter storm shook Texans' faith in the strength of the grid to work properly.

ERCOT says it does not expect customer outages at this time and asked for conservation into Tuesday night to ease stress on the grid.

ERCOT officials were scheduled to have an evening press conference to further explain what led to the call to conserve.

 

 

[Bevo Num1 1011]

Nvm, I just read the post. Lol

[4th&Five 41506]

Summer should be fun. 
 

Fuck ERCOT. 

[JimmyJames 12271]

4 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Summer should be fun. 
 

Fuck ERCOT. 

Who do you think controls ERCOT? They aren’t the problem.

[immamac 42835]

What the fuck is this shit? 

[Guest Lobo]

THis is quite a bold deflection strategy, Cotton.  

[Post Oak 20205]

Fuckers

 

[4th&Five 41506]

Edited April 13, 2021 by 4th&Five

[Biff Tannen 45663]

Uh, if they can’t handle temps in the 70s, we’ve got problems. 

[Updawg 2266]

This shit is getting old quick. Texas is fucking up so bad lately.

[Viper 12101]

i guess it's because they're taking a bunch of plants down for maintenance and there a more plants that usual because of the damage during the freeze

[mdmost 42999]

It's good we have this awesome energy system. We're going to need it when we secede. 

[Biff Tannen 45663]

4 minutes ago, Viper said:

i guess it's because they're taking a bunch of plants down for maintenance and there a more plants that usual because of the damage during the freeze

Isn’t it someone’s job to understand demand and know which and how many plants they can take offline?  Seems like that should be someone’s job. 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

Summer should be fun. 
 

Fuck ERCOT. 

They’re literally trying to save money for summer. What a fucking joke. 
 

honestly let the national energy agency or whatever it is called that allows us to be independent take over for this shit hole company and get us back to the national grids 

Edited April 14, 2021 by BurntOrange&White

[dimyh 1874]

More like derpcot amirite?

 

 

[staboner 4969]

have you guy tried to just dig up your own oil or coal? i mean until you try i don't understand the complaining myself. i worked fucking hard for what i've got and i am sick of all this freewheeling HALP ME BS

paging slorch to the slorch phone

[Updawg 2266]

Isn’t it someone’s job to understand demand and know which and how many plants they can take offline?  Seems like that should be someone’s job. 

Or maybe more plants. These excuses are getting old

[WBT 20561]

Plants should be taking outages in April

[Deej 76752]

Damnit. Am I going to have to spend my time outside in this shitty 70 degree weather? 

[Nonbryan 173]

Well, you know what they say?  Never let a good crisis go to waste.  Cleary ERCOT is angling for something here.

[immortal13 4059]

ERCOT can suck a dick

[Guest Lobo]

Dan Patrick assures me that the trans-gender bathrooms we don't have to cool this summer will more than make up for the grid's shortfall.  

Also, he offered to suck my cock.  

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

A cold front keeping temps near where thermostats are set is increasing demand?

[Clintonaldo 2572]

You pussies scared of a few windmills melting? Lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jk... I was making fun of the people thinking frozen windmills was the problem last time. 

[Stella Link 534]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

Can we haz some of those 60s temperatures in Houston pleeze??

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89623]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

It's good we have this awesome energy system. We're going to need it when we secede. 

And decent chunks in the west and east parts of Texas are on the national grid, so we'll have to absorb them into ERCOT.

[B00M 6413]

The fuckups in Feb were terrible but seemingly understandable given the tangled web of shit and conflicting incentives. This is a joke that removes all remaining confidence.

[atomheartbevo 89623]

 

[atomheartbevo 89623]

10 minutes ago, B00M said:

The fuckups in Feb were terrible but seemingly understandable given the tangled web of shit and conflicting incentives. This is a joke that removes all remaining confidence.

 

[atomheartbevo 89623]

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

And decent chunks in the west and east parts of Texas are on the national grid, so we'll have to absorb them into ERCOT.

[atomheartbevo 89623]

15 minutes ago, B00M said:

The fuckups in Feb were terrible but seemingly understandable given the tangled web of shit and conflicting incentives. This is a joke that removes all remaining confidence.

ERCOT is going to skate on the February fuckup, but they are in firm fuck around and find out territory if things go to shit this summer. I have not asked armybrat if he's consulted the Farmer's Almanac on what the summer holds for us, but if it is going to be warmer, next year is one of them even years that people vote in.

[B00M 6413]

They're so fucking bad at PR over Twitter

 

[Captainant 27625]

When fucking oklahoma, arkansas, and alabama have more reliable power grids than Texas.... 

[juan pantages 124]

Does this mean we should cover our plants in the garden

[Hpara759 1778]

WTF....just lost power ...

78626

[Enchubben 5510]

2 minutes ago, Hpara759 said:

WTF....just lost power ...

78626

Looks like just a localized one off issue, not related.

Probably just a bum plugging too many of his cellphones into his outlet.

[Hpara759 1778]

5 min....back on

[Viper 12101]

Can't we just build some nuclear plants and not worry about this again?

[immortal13 4059]

4 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Looks like just a localized one off issue, not related.

Probably just a bum plugging too many of his cellphones into his outlet.

Or they are reading this thread

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

2 minutes ago, Viper said:

Can't we just build some nuclear plants and not worry about this again?

No we have to go coal - Texas politicians 

[Guest Lobo]

In Texas, That coal is still 20% of our electrical grid generation mix is more embarrassing to me than having Aggies living among us.  I don't know how the fuck some of you dickwads reconcile that in your minds.  We have 1/5th of our portfolio coming from coal and a half million Aggies still alive.  And our Lt. Gov is a Lane Bryant sportswear model.  How the fuck is any of this possible?  Aren't we smarter than this?  

[Post Oak 20205]

3 minutes ago, Lobo said:

In Texas, That coal is still 20% of our electrical grid generation mix is more embarrassing to me than having Aggies living among us.  I don't know how the fuck some of you dickwads reconcile that in your minds.  We have 1/5th of our portfolio coming from coal and a half million Aggies still alive.  And our Lt. Gov is a Lane Bryant sportswear model.  How the fuck is any of this possible?  Aren't we smarter than this?  

 

[Hate 20106]

40 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

ERCOT is going to skate on the February fuckup, but they are in firm fuck around and find out territory if things go to shit this summer. I have not asked armybrat if he's consulted the Farmer's Almanac on what the summer holds for us, but if it is going to be warmer, next year is one of them even years that people vote in.

This is from the CPC and it is for June through August.  Prepare your anoose.

 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

And somehow, Sen. Cruz tweeted about MLB's all star game 12 times today I think........Nothing about, you know, fixing our state

[Viper 12101]

34 minutes ago, Lobo said:

In Texas, That coal is still 20% of our electrical grid generation mix is more embarrassing to me than having Aggies living among us.  I don't know how the fuck some of you dickwads reconcile that in your minds.  We have 1/5th of our portfolio coming from coal and a half million Aggies still alive.  And our Lt. Gov is a Lane Bryant sportswear model.  How the fuck is any of this possible?  Aren't we smarter than this?  

So bitch about not having enough plants and also having too many?

27 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

And somehow, Sen. Cruz tweeted about MLB's all star game 12 times today I think........Nothing about, you know, fixing our state

Cruz isn't a state politician he's a federal one. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Just now, Viper said:

So bitch about not having enough plants and also having too many?

Cruz isn't a state politician he's a federal one. 

He is a Senator elected by the State of Texas to represent Texas. He's seems to have spent most of his time today representing Georgia. 

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

1 hour ago, Jameslaw121 said:

And somehow, Sen. Cruz tweeted about MLB's all star game 12 times today I think........Nothing about, you know, fixing our state

I assume with ercot asking us to conserve electricity he was tweeting from Mexico.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

8 hours ago, Viper said:

Can't we just build some nuclear plants and not worry about this again?

Jesus man !!!!!  Don't you know that's what killed the dino-saurs ?!

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

6 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Jesus man !!!!!  Don't you know that's what killed the dino-saurs ?!

Don’t you know that dinosaurs aren’t real, but rather the bones were planted underground by god to test our faith?  There’s no dinosaurs in the Bible and that’s a comprehensive world history starting on the first day.