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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by nottorp on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:39AM (#26141361)
> the next step is to blackout commercial players

Yeah, my point is they have the order wrong. They're shutting down residential first with the associated health risks instead of shutting down commercial which will just send people home for a day or three.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by bombcar on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:51AM (#26141446)
I was wrong - there is no EEA 4. It's up to the local utilities to determine how to shed load; I suspect many office parks are already without power (but at 4 AM they're also probably not using much power).
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by baq on Monday February 15, 2021 @07:01AM (#26141918)
that's the scary part: daytime demand is much higher.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by cwhiz on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:49AM (#26143239)
http://www.ercot.com/

You can see the forecasted gap on the home page. It’s going to her worse.

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