Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid

Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by atian on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:46AM (#26140183)

I’m in North Texas (Oncor) and my place just got hit by the rolling blackout 3 minutes ago (1:44am). See http://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/main/currentDayForecastSyst... for dramatic shedding of load.

Edit 1:54am - First blackout lasted exactly 10 minutes. They got this down to a tee.

Edit 2:37am CT - Second blackout started.

Edit 3:00am - Second blackout ended.

Edit 3:17am - Third blackout started.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by enraged_camel on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:47AM (#26140561)

I lost power at 2 am. It’s 2:48 am and still no power...

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by atian on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:59AM (#26140657)

I’m charging my portable batteries with the power left on my Macbook.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by godtoldmetodoit on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:34AM (#26140916)

Same here, been an hour and a half with no power in Austin.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by enraged_camel on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:24AM (#26144162)

Austin here also. 8.5 hours and counting. They need to find a solution soon...

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