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Interesting from Ercot: > Why the Request to Reduce Usage? > * Heat. Continued statewide high temperatures. > * Demand. Texas is seeing high demand due to th

Interesting from Ercot: > Why the Request to Reduce Usage? > * Heat. Continued statewide high temperatures. > * Demand. Texas is seeing high demand due to the heat. > * Solar. Solar generation starts to decline earlier in the afternoon hours towards the end of summer before completely going offline at sunset. > * Wind. Wind generation is forecasted to be low this afternoon and into the evening hours during peak demand time. I understand the wind part, but how can you blame solar here? Surely the description they give here is entirely predictable? https://www.ercot.com/news/release/2023-09-07-ercot-expects-tight https://www.ercot.com/news/release/2023-09-07-ercot-expects-... ( vpn needed outside the US )

cyanydeez 3y ago
Obviously, they're doing a "just the facts" reporting. As opposed to the "we failed to compensate for obvious variables which affect power usage like global warming and isolated power grid. It's the last resort of "rational " people who've chosen ultimately irrational positions. Think of them like staking out a local maximum of rational statement despite being in a global irrational state (Texas).