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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ogre_codes on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:00PM (#26138575)
> "Natural gas rose to a record $600 per million British thermal units in Oklahoma. And as much as half a million barrels a day of oil output in West Texas may be impacted by well shutdowns that began on Thursday because of the extreme cold."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-14/deep-free...

Energy planners didn't account for extreme weather, regardless of source.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by tomrod on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:04PM (#26138603)
They do, but they are planning on the common experience of extremes.

Texas' weather is colder now than in the past 40 years.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ogre_codes on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:08PM (#26138620)
> Texas' weather is colder now than in the past 40 years.

Yes. Thus "Extreme" weather.

I was going to suggest it is likely due to climate change, but that is largely conjecture.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by blake1 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:35PM (#26138763)
There likely is a climate change effect. Polar vortexes have been making deeper incursions into North America because of increased turbulence in the atmosphere, driven by the overall energy level.

This about a pot, slowly boiling. As it gets hotter, it swirls more.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ogre_codes on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:43PM (#26138807)
Yeah, we've had a couple of major ice storms/ extreme snow here in the past 3 years too. It's a little disturbing when you realize they are hitting us at the expense of the North Pole.
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