Wind power is only ~20 - 25% of texas' available power sources(~25-30MW without actually looking it up). That is at peak generating capacity during the summer when there is a lot more wind. Wind power in texas currently exceeds historical output for this time of year even with a large number of turbines iced up (I'm guessing because they were idled as many of them are this time of year). There is a whole lot of other capacity that is offline as well (I'd also guess it was also idled and couldn't be spun up as fast as it is supposed to be). I haven't seen an explanation as to why yet but that is the real story IMHO. Will likely be released quietly in a report after the wind narrative has already run its course.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:44 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Also 22% of Texas’ power distribution is currently offline due to the wind > turbines being iced up. > > On Feb 15, 2021, at 9:38 PM, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > > A Air Conditioner or Heat Pump nominally provides about 3-5KW of cooling > or heating for every 1 KW it uses in electricity. Texas has a lot of heat > pumps that don’t work well or at all when temperatures get into the teens > and they switch to a straight electric resistance heat. Electric usage > triples (or worse) when the heat pump goes to resistance heat. That never > happens with Air Conditioning in the summer. > > Mark > > On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:56 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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