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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: Western]
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07/12/22 12:51 AM
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BOBO the Clown
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New said Ercot broke new use record today, must have been my mini split pushing it over the edge. Well state population is growing and instead of expanding with big extra capacity nuclear or NG we are using solar and wind. It’s stupid until you have ability to store atleast 5 days of total power usage
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
#8639151
07/12/22 12:56 AM
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Western
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New said Ercot broke new use record today, must have been my mini split pushing it over the edge. Well state population is growing and instead of expanding with big extra capacity nuclear or NG we are using solar and wind. It’s stupid until you have ability to store atleast 5 days of total power usage Yes sir, everyone sees it but......Should have been no doubt after the freezmagedden and what has been done? Somewhere money is flowing imo
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/12/22 01:06 AM
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outnumbered
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Have three different wind farms within 30 minutes of my house, each one having at least 300 1.5 mg. turbines in them. between 4 and 6pm today none of them had 20% of turbines running and all locations had 9-14mph winds with gust to 24 and there are no constraints on transmission lines to get this electricity out of west Texas to the areas needing it. Somethings don't add up.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
#8639170
07/12/22 01:19 AM
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What wind speed does it take to run a wind turbine?
When we drove through Mart this morning, that wind farm had no turbines turning. Coming back through about 1:30 maybe a third were turning.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: outnumbered]
#8639205
07/12/22 02:36 AM
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Have three different wind farms within 30 minutes of my house, each one having at least 300 1.5 mg. turbines in them. between 4 and 6pm today none of them had 20% of turbines running and all locations had 9-14mph winds with gust to 24 and there are no constraints on transmission lines to get this electricity out of west Texas to the areas needing it. Somethings don't add up. Just guessing, if they had plants running and were meeting demand they may leave the wind turbines offline unless needed. Watched the ERCOT dashboard and capacity stayed ahead of demand, wind energy picked up some slack late afternoon.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: 603Country]
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07/12/22 03:22 AM
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What wind speed does it take to run a wind turbine?
When we drove through Mart this morning, that wind farm had no turbines turning. Coming back through about 1:30 maybe a third were turning. Just remember you can’t store the excess energy, that’s probably why they weren’t all running.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: Western]
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07/12/22 03:42 AM
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New said Ercot broke new use record today, must have been my mini split pushing it over the edge. Well state population is growing and instead of expanding with big extra capacity nuclear or NG we are using solar and wind. It’s stupid until you have ability to store atleast 5 days of total power usage Yes sir, everyone sees it but......Should have been no doubt after the freezmagedden and what has been done? Somewhere money is flowing imo Yea Western---- from our pockets to theirs... Not to mention, the invasion, that nobody's doing squat about.. But we're dang sure paying for it...
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/12/22 03:56 AM
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what doesn't add up to me is they push green energy yet it is running at <20% and brought in at peak times , I would think you ran them at 80% and ramped up power plants as green couldn't keep up.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/12/22 11:53 AM
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It's interesting to watch this as the day goes on, at least solar is predictable on days like this. Wind obviously tracks the wind forecast throughout the day. The old standby fossil fuel and nukes carry the load. https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: Sailor]
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07/12/22 12:55 PM
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Western
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New said Ercot broke new use record today, must have been my mini split pushing it over the edge. Well state population is growing and instead of expanding with big extra capacity nuclear or NG we are using solar and wind. It’s stupid until you have ability to store atleast 5 days of total power usage Yes sir, everyone sees it but......Should have been no doubt after the freezmagedden and what has been done? Somewhere money is flowing imo Yea Western---- from our pockets to theirs... Not to mention, the invasion, that nobody's doing squat about.. But we're dang sure paying for it... Yes sir and we'll be paying for years
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/12/22 01:48 PM
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just part of the green scam
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Re: ERCOT warning
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07/12/22 01:51 PM
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just part of the green scam
We're being played.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/12/22 03:17 PM
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I am going to set my thermostat to 70 at 1:00 just to make sure my house is cool when the power goes off.
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Re: ERCOT warning
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07/12/22 06:30 PM
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I am going to set my thermostat to 70 at 1:00 just to make sure my house is cool when the power goes off. Mine's been on 70 since 9am. Currently showing 71 with it being 72 closer to the windows. 101.8 currently in the shade on the back porch.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/13/22 10:05 AM
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So lets all go buy electric cars
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
#8640021
07/13/22 11:49 AM
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Just making sure everyone is still alive.
This fear porn news is tough on some.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ducknbass]
#8640080
07/13/22 12:56 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Just making sure everyone is still alive.
This fear porn news is tough on some. Rough night, got cold, luckily I had an extra blanket at the foot of the bed
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/13/22 01:03 PM
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I hear you I got the room so cold I had to get the electric blanket out.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
#8640095
07/13/22 01:11 PM
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Real nice morning at 69 degrees. Noticed the metro areas were at 80.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ducknbass]
#8640099
07/13/22 01:14 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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I hear you I got the room so cold I had to get the electric blanket out. Lol, alright you win.
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Re: ERCOT warning
[Re: ntxtrapper]
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07/13/22 01:17 PM
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Looks like wind energy is going to fail us again today. Capacity is forecast to come up short.
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Re: ERCOT warning
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#8640181
07/13/22 02:43 PM
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Looks like wind energy is going to fail us again today. Capacity is forecast to come up short. Where are you getting this graph?
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Re: ERCOT warning
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07/13/22 02:45 PM
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Re: ERCOT warning
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07/13/22 02:46 PM
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