lostcreekranch
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Texas Fall/Winter thread!
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txdon
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Did those solar panels have a snow removal system?
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That doesn't service Dallas/Ft. Worth area which is where I'm talking about. That's for Houston area and SE Texas. You have to remember, Texas is a huge state, the 2nd largest!
Also of note “It’s the first power plant we’ve built in Texas since 1979" so in 42 years Texas has seen a crazy population increase and the power plants aren't on pace.
Solar is a joke still, maybe someday it will be efficient enough.
riptides
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Our big deal in my part of VA is summer heat. But seriously I cannot remember a rolling blackout. Something is amiss.....you would think Summer time use is way more demanding than Winter. Maybe it's a Covid thing, no commercial use and everything is private now?
I hope you all fare well.
I hope you all fare well.
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Likely not.
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Not to mention 25,000 megawatts of wind turbines "frozen up" from ice storms.
There has been a bit over 30,000 MW of wind / solar brought online this century so .. not sure what your “It’s the first power plant we’ve built in Texas since 1979" is based on?
Texas has its own power grid, managed by ERCOT .. so the new plant, in Montgomery County, does effect you.
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That is what the article you linked to stated. Did you not read it? Plus I have heard/read many people say the same, no new power plant in decades yet the population is sky rocketing. We actually had rolling blackout concerns in the DFW area years ago during that long stretch of 100+ degrees in the summer. Even then it was mentioned how we need more power plants to handle all the businesses and population in DFW and surrounding areas. We are already piping in some water from Oklahoma to help meet that demand.
Again the article even states that power plant is for SE Texas.
bindian
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I got the generator up and running ASAP after loosing power at 2pm. Almost wouldn't start. 1hp thumper diesel on rope start. Sure needed some ether.
10pm news said power plant generators shut down from the cold. They showed some machinery with foot long icicles on it all. Pisses me off. I am gonna get a whole home generator. SHECO couldn't tell me if outage was rolling brownout or downed lines. At 3pm, we were told 9pm to restore power. It came on briefly at 8pm. Then when out shortly after. Now they say 2:15am to restore power.
hugs, Brandi
10pm news said power plant generators shut down from the cold. They showed some machinery with foot long icicles on it all. Pisses me off. I am gonna get a whole home generator. SHECO couldn't tell me if outage was rolling brownout or downed lines. At 3pm, we were told 9pm to restore power. It came on briefly at 8pm. Then when out shortly after. Now they say 2:15am to restore power.
hugs, Brandi
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buckeyefarmer
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All power plants connected to power grid keep the entire grid up, and all draw from same grid. A plant does not feed one region.
