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Didn't some electric reliability council rate the midwest as potentially not being able to fully supply electricity during normal peak operation? https://www.n

Didn't some electric reliability council rate the midwest as potentially not being able to fully supply electricity during normal peak operation? https://www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Reliability%20Assessments%20DL/NERC_SRA_2022.pdf https://www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Reliability%20Assessments%20... Section MISO: > Highlights > Tighter than normal operating conditions are anticipated, particularly in the MISO North/Central region, which cleared too little capacity in the 2022–2023 PRA. The PRA capacity shortfall of 1,230 MW signals a potential for operating risk during peak summer conditions. > Risk Scenario Summary > Expected resources do not meet operating reserve requirements under normal peak-demand and outage scenarios. Above-normal summer peak load and outage conditions could result in the need to employ operating mitigations (i.e., demand response and transfers) and EEAs. Load shedding may be needed under extreme peak demand and outage scenarios studied.

bluGill 4y ago
In some very unlikely situations. And the Midwest is not a single grid.
- coryrc 4y ago
  A single grid doesn't mean you can move power anywhere in it. It's just as hard to move power the same distance from outside Texas through it as that same distance in the same grid. But the Midwest will be better off than Texas in the coming brownouts as it's better to be a little hot than freezing to death.
  - bradstewart 4y ago
    The crazy thing is Texas is also reasonably likely to have the same problems in the summer. ERCOT (the Texas grid) broke it's all time load record yesterday from the current heat wave. Thankfully it was windy, so everything held up.... this time.
ren_engineer 4y ago
I have friends who work for a regional power company and they've been warning about this, a ton of coal capacity was shutdown but the renewable energy hasn't replaced it. Said the cost to borrow energy to make up for shortfalls has gone from around $5 to around $240 and none of the power companies can guarantee they won't be forced to do rolling blackouts in some situations other regions aren't much better off as we've seen in Texas and California

bluGill 4y ago

In some very unlikely situations. And the Midwest is not a single grid.

coryrc 4y ago
A single grid doesn't mean you can move power anywhere in it. It's just as hard to move power the same distance from outside Texas through it as that same distance in the same grid. But the Midwest will be better off than Texas in the coming brownouts as it's better to be a little hot than freezing to death.
- bradstewart 4y ago
  The crazy thing is Texas is also reasonably likely to have the same problems in the summer. ERCOT (the Texas grid) broke it's all time load record yesterday from the current heat wave. Thankfully it was windy, so everything held up.... this time.

ren_engineer 4y ago

I have friends who work for a regional power company and they've been warning about this, a ton of coal capacity was shutdown but the renewable energy hasn't replaced it. Said the cost to borrow energy to make up for shortfalls has gone from around $5 to around $240 and none of the power companies can guarantee they won't be forced to do rolling blackouts in some situations other regions aren't much better off as we've seen in Texas and California