Simple Nomad on Nostr: Wonderful. ERCOT is *again* asking Texans to voluntarily conserve power due to supply ...
Wonderful. ERCOT is *again* asking Texans to voluntarily conserve power due to supply not meeting grid demands. This is the 6th day in the past week. Why? Lower than normal winds (a huge chunk of grid power in Texas is from wind) and "unexpected thermal generation outages". Local news reports the outages are coal and natural gas, reducing the power output by 11 gigawatts. Yuck.
If it reaches rolling blackouts I'll be fine with my solar and batteries, but still. Most of my neighbors, family, and friends don't have these options.
#TexasGrid
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2023-08-30 17:57:00Event JSON
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