Re:Analysis: Texas power outage leaves officials working pol...
by adolph on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:20PM
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That’s great that El Paso got this failure mode right. Are there other modes that they de-prioritized?
El Paso Energy is interesting bc it represents the old school community monopoly. I wonder if the JPM buyout will help or hinder its mission.
Re:Analysis: Texas power outage leaves officials working pol...
by chooseaname on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:03PM
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> Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says that Texans find massive power outages preferable to having more federal government interference in the state's energy grid.
* https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rick-perry-says-texans-woul...
I bet they don’t. If they did they don’t now.
Re:Analysis: Texas power outage leaves officials working pol...
by JetSpiegel on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:11AM
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Rick "What is the Department of Energy? while being head of the DoE" Perry.
Meanwhile the folks in the El Paso area (which is not regulated/managed by ERCOT) are going just fine:
> El Paso Electric said they always try to prepare for the future and after a winter storm in 2011, the utility company worked towards replacing and upgrading their equipment. Many generators now have antifreeze protection.
* https://kvia.com/news/el-paso/2021/02/15/el-pasos-not-seeing...
The first step is making sure you have regulators who are somewhat clued in.
Of course being hooked up to the national grid could be useful as well, so as to allow for energy inputs when your own infrastructure is having problems. Though that would mean dealing with the Feds, which seems to be undesirable:
> Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says that Texans find massive power outages preferable to having more federal government interference in the state's energy grid.
* https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rick-perry-says-texans-woul...