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There was a report suggesting California might flip to being a net power exporter in their peak periods this year. If true then these high temp grid dramas wil
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
There was a report suggesting California might flip to being a net power exporter in their peak periods this year.
If true then these high temp grid dramas will be a thing of the past by next year.
- consumer451 3y agoAFAIK, it would not help Texas as the state is generally not connected to the national grids to avoid federal regulation of their state grid.
- alyandon 3y agoYep. We are basically a power island with a tiny bit of DC-DC interconnect. Interesting stats are here: https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoAnd based on news articles, Texas has the most unreliable grid of the country. Maybe those federal regulations do some good.
- mrguyorama 3y agoYeah but Texans don't read, or worse, choose not to believe those news articles. Instead, their problems were clearly caused by the Green New Deal (which didn't exist yet) or renewable energy (which has no difficulty producing power in canada)
- dctoedt 3y ago> Texans don't read, or worse, choose not to believe those news articles. There's "blue Texas," i.e., the big cities, generally voting Democratic but outvoted in the state legislature (thanks in part to aggressive gerrymandering) and in statewide races (governor, lt. gov., etc.) by "red Texas," the more-sparsely-populated regions that consistently vote Republican (and, increasingly, MAGA).
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- vondur 3y agoConsidering that California imports around 30% of its power now, that may be a ways off.