media reports from the last few days were scheduled rolling blackouts
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:12 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They explained on PBS tonight that they are not "rolling blackouts", they
> are widespread power outages b/c of the ice bringing down power lines.
>
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> On 2/15/2021 5:56 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> I dont understand the rolling blackouts. its hot as balls in texas in the
> summer so youd figure peak demand with all the AC then is well over what it
> is in the winter. Whats stepping up the winter demand? are you guys mostly
> electric heat and hot water or something there?
>
> We maybe see some brownout here in peak summer, but winter its never an
> issue other than storm damage outages because we never learn to harden
> anything here
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 7:07 PM Ron M. <ccie4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My home in Fort Stockton has been out for going on 8 hours now, and TNMP
>> says repair time is 5pm tomorrow.
>>
>> I'm in Austin, so won't be back out west until the weekend. At least I've
>> got someone looking after the house while I'm gone.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 5:39 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> El Paso Electric which serves our area and Southern New Mexico is not
>>> part of the other Texas utilities experiencing rolling power outages. Back
>>> in 2011 we had power outages and water pipe damage. Both utilities took
>>> steps to prove systems with anti-freeze technology and all types of
>>> sensors.
>>> We installed several sensors and links for many of these projects
>>> years ago.
>>> As of 6:00pm today only 3,000 customers lost power for five minutes.
>>> Hope you guys are safe.
>>>
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