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People in Texas will be conserving power for most of the summer to "protect the grid". There's a good chance the power won't fail spectacularly like it did in t

People in Texas will be conserving power for most of the summer to "protect the grid". There's a good chance the power won't fail spectacularly like it did in the winter, but their lives are impacted.

formerkrogemp 4y ago
> There's a good chance the power won't fail spectacularly like it did in the winter, but their lives are impacted. Perhaps the magnitude of the failure is lower, but it's still failing if they're having as many blackouts as they might have later this summer.
- warmwaffles 4y ago
  > it's still failing if they're having as many blackouts as they currently are. We've had zero blackouts where I live in Texas. Not saying they don't exist, but they haven't been happening in my area and people seem to be very hyperbolic about it.
  - formerkrogemp 4y ago
    > We've had zero blackouts where I live in Texas. Not saying they don't exist, but they haven't been happening in my area and people seem to be very hyperbolic about it. For most of the state, there appear to be no blackouts so far. Be careful and safe. I'd have some sort of back up plan for AC if I were you. This heat sucks. A few links for someone's edification and perusal. https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/farmersville-immediately-conducting-blackouts-ercots-request/287-93ee2090-7d1e-4902-9ad1-30fb3d0d404d https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/farmersville-immedia... https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/is-your-power-out-heres-a-list-of-counties-that-are-experiencing-rolling-blackouts/503-e94e699d-fb3a-41cb-aec5-398a5b009fc4 https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/is-your-power-out-... https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-shortage-electricity-ercot-reserve-capacity-1723288 https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-shortage-electricity-er... https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/10/texas-blackouts-power-ercot/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/10/texas-blackouts-powe... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/texans-asked-to-conserve-electricity-on-scorching-temperatures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/texans-as... https://news.yahoo.com/texas-power-breaks-record-heat-122512984.html https://news.yahoo.com/texas-power-breaks-record-heat-122512...

formerkrogemp 4y ago

> There's a good chance the power won't fail spectacularly like it did in the winter, but their lives are impacted. Perhaps the magnitude of the failure is lower, but it's still failing if they're having as many blackouts as they might have later this summer.

warmwaffles 4y ago
> it's still failing if they're having as many blackouts as they currently are. We've had zero blackouts where I live in Texas. Not saying they don't exist, but they haven't been happening in my area and people seem to be very hyperbolic about it.
- formerkrogemp 4y ago
  > We've had zero blackouts where I live in Texas. Not saying they don't exist, but they haven't been happening in my area and people seem to be very hyperbolic about it. For most of the state, there appear to be no blackouts so far. Be careful and safe. I'd have some sort of back up plan for AC if I were you. This heat sucks. A few links for someone's edification and perusal. https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/farmersville-immediately-conducting-blackouts-ercots-request/287-93ee2090-7d1e-4902-9ad1-30fb3d0d404d https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/farmersville-immedia... https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/is-your-power-out-heres-a-list-of-counties-that-are-experiencing-rolling-blackouts/503-e94e699d-fb3a-41cb-aec5-398a5b009fc4 https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/is-your-power-out-... https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-shortage-electricity-ercot-reserve-capacity-1723288 https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-shortage-electricity-er... https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/10/texas-blackouts-power-ercot/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/10/texas-blackouts-powe... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/texans-asked-to-conserve-electricity-on-scorching-temperatures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/texans-as... https://news.yahoo.com/texas-power-breaks-record-heat-122512984.html https://news.yahoo.com/texas-power-breaks-record-heat-122512...