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It was not so sweet two (or three?) months ago when cloud coverage in West crippled our grid and central/south Texas was in record high temperatures.
by 404mm 4y ago
It was not so sweet two (or three?) months ago when cloud coverage in West crippled our grid and central/south Texas was in record high temperatures.
- jeffbee 4y agoWhen and where exactly? I don’t see any relevant emergencies in the 2022 data from ERCOT.
- 404mm 4y agoJuly 11. No blackouts took place but they sent out notices to turn up thermostats and the available reserve was a bit touch and go for a while. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-grid-operator-warns-potential-rolling-blackouts-monday-2022-07-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-grid-operator-warns-p...
- bombcar 4y agoYep, if you hear about it it means it got pretty damn bad - these utility balancing grids are usually pretty good about keeping from potentially impacting anyone (asking industrial uses to shut off, etc).