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   by Slam7min 6y ago

   ERCOT Twitter shows how out of control the situation got for them in only an hour's time Sunday night into Monday. ERCOT has declared an EEA 1. Energy conservation is needed. There are no rotating outages at this time. 00:17:45 150221
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   How the largest energy-producing state in the US failed in freezing temperatures(wfaa.com)

   1 points by Slam7min 6y ago|1 comments
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   by Slam7min 6y ago

   I work for a large city government (10K employees), most of our non-first responders were just furloughed ranging from full-layoff (1K), 10% pay (1.5K), 80% pay (3K), 95% pay (100), and 100% (5.5K). I fall into the 80% category. It works ou
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   by Slam7min 7y ago

   Yup, we're a hot mess to work with. Challenges: - Procurement rules that require RFP/RFQ to obtain software and limit departments' abilities to get low cost, easy-win solutions. - Older, non-tech savvy workforce - Administrat
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   by Slam7min 7y ago

   Municipal Government Employee here (from a top 15 US city). Municipal & State IT systems (particularly around cyber-security) are atrocious (See Atlanta, Baltimore Ransomware). Many of our (and our peers') systems are a hodgepodge