Mismanagement and poor planning are primarily to blame. One can't just blame the weather. We know weather will be bad and have extreme variations. I am sure Texas politicians are considering what they could have done better right now.. https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/1361682089310052354 *Brandon *
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:53 AM John Von Essen <j...@essenz.com> wrote: > I just assumed most people in Texas have heat pumps- AC in the summer and > minimal heating in the winter when needed. When the entire state gets a > deep freeze, everybody is running those heat pumps non-stop, and the > generation capacity simply wasn’t there. i.e. coal or natural gas plants > have some turbines offline, etc.,. in the winter because historically power > use is much much less. The odd thing is its been days now, those plants > should be able to ramp back up to capacity - but clearly they haven’t. > Blaming this on wind turbines is BS. In fact, if it weren’t for so many > people in Texas with grid-tie solar systems, the situation would be even > worse. > > And of course, the real issue is Texas’ closed grid - any other state > could pull in more power from neighbors. > > -John > > On Feb 15, 2021, at 11:34 PM, Cory Sell via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > Ercot has already released actual documentation of the outputs. Wind is > NOT the biggest loss here. Even if wind was operating at 100% capacity, > we’d be in the same boat due to gas and fossil fuel-related generation > being decimated. Estimated 4GW lost for wind doesn’t make up for the 30GW+ > estimated being lost from fossil fuels. > > I only interject because people are already pointing their fingers at > renewables being the cause here and trying to pawn off the blame to > wind/solar to further their agendas to reduce renewable energy R&D and > adoption. Sure, wind isn’t perfect, but looks like solution relied on > failed in a massive way. > > Sent from ProtonMail Mobile > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:17 PM, Robert Jacobs <rjac...@pslightwave.com> > wrote: > > How about letting us Texans have more natural gas power plants or even let > the gas be delivered to the plants we have so they can provide more power > in an emergency. Did not help that 20% of our power is now wind which of > course in an ice storm like we are having is shut off... Lots of issues and > plenty of politics involved here.. > > Robert Jacobs > | Data Center Manager > <http://www.pslightwave.com/> > Direct: *832-615-7742* <832-615-7742> > Mobile: *281-830-2092* <281-830-2092> > Main: 832‑615‑8000 > Fax: *713-510-1650* > 5959 Corporate Dr. Suite 3300; Houston, TX 77036 > [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pslightwave/> > [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/pslightwave> > [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/PSLightwave> > <http://www.pslightwave.com/> A Certified Woman‑Owned Business > 24x7x365 Customer Support: 832-615-8000 | supp...@pslightwave.com > > This electronic message contains information from PS Lightwave which may > be privileged and confidential. The information is intended to be for the > use of individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended > recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of > this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic > message in error, please notify me by telephone or e-mail immediately. > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rjacobs=pslightwave....@nanog.org> On Behalf > Of Mark Tinka > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 10:06 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts > > > > On 2/16/21 04:14, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > Poweroutage.us posted a terrific map, showing the jurisdictional > > borders of the Texas power outages versus the storm related power > > outages elsewhere in the country. > > > > https://twitter.com/PowerOutage_us/status/1361493394070118402 > > > > > > Sometimes infrastructure planning failures are not due to "natural > > hazards." > > I suppose having some kind of home backup solution wouldn't be too bad > right now, even though you may still not get access to services. But at > least, you can brew some coffee, and charge your pulse oximetre. > > Mark. > > > > >