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Southwestern Power Pool (the energy sharing co-op) put out a press release yesterday stating that a shortage of natural gas was responsible for some of our reduced power supply. And we did share power with Texas.Ah well I didn't catch all of Evergys conference cause the power went out. They were talking about a 7 state Co op or something so I just assumedIt's not Texas. Texas has an independent grid.We are in some kind of pact with multiple states so that if they have power problems we cut our usage to accommodate their needs. I assume it's Texas since they had 5 million without powerHow is Texas affecting Kansas or Missouri? (I don’t know which side you live in)I can't remember the last time I had to shovel snow every morning before work. This has BY FAR been the craziest winter I can remember in many years.
And the rolling blackouts because of Texas are super frustrating. I live in an area with pretty good infrastructure but because of other areas we have to suffer.
The good news is today we're supposed to be above 0 for the first time in a week.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) declared an "energy emergency alert three," also called an EEA 3, early Monday, as the third of three alert phases. In the first phase, the state looks to get electricity from other grids. The second stage shuts down large industrial users who've agreed to cut power in an emergency. The third phase is rotating outages.
That "independent sealed grid" malarkey is fake news. That's what happens when a dumbass uses Twitter as a news source.We send power into northern Texas and they send it on into the Greater Texas grid.