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| Biden Energy Dept - Texans Can Freeze to Death in the Dark |
| 2021-02-23 |
| [Post Millennial] Biden Energy Department used environmental regulations to block Texas from increasing available power before storm The order, dated to Feb 14, noted that Texas Governor Greg Abbott "declared a state of disaster in all 254 Texas counties due to severe weather posing an 'imminent threat of widespread and severe property damage, injury, and loss of life due to prolonged freezing temperatures, heavy snow, and freezing rain statewide.'" "The order specified increasing the priority of gas supplies to ERCOT generators. ERCOT's application also noted that the 'Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has indicated that it will provide enforcement discretion to generators in the ERCOT region that may exceed state emissions requirements during emergency conditions.'" Only pandemics let you change the rules. And only for voting. However, while ERCOT was given permission to increase the amount of power generated, the Department of Energy placed environmental regulations as a top priority ahead of maximizing power generation. Deep Green Freeze, indeed! "To minimize adverse environmental impacts, this Order limits operation of dispatched units to the times and within the parameters determined by ERCOT for reliability purposes," the order reads. "Consistent with good utility practice, ERCOT shall exhaust all reasonably and practically available resources, including available imports, demand response, and identified behind-the-meter generation resources selected to minimize an increase in emissions, to the extent that such resources provide support to maintain grid reliability, prior to dispatching the Specified Resources." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #10 #7 [shakes head] We ordered a 'standard' three-seat couch form Ethan Allen Jan 3, promised delivery was 6-9 weeks. It came in 4 weeks. At the same time, ordered an ottoman from the catalog (but not a standard fabric like the couch) promised in 9-12 weeks. It will be delivered Saturday - 8 weeks. And Jan 3 was the last day of 20% off list price sale. I'll take luck over skill, this time. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-23 14:54 |
| #9 So not just my region. Spare parts are gone too. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-23 12:55 |
| #8 Voting Republican has consequences... That said, I await my electric bill with considerable trepidation; my usage is flat with last month, when I paid $350, wonder how many of my kwh get charged under the $9000/MW emergency rate. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-02-23 12:08 |
| #7 Try buying a couple of living room sitting chairs from Ethan Allen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-02-23 12:02 |
| #6 "if you have been appliance shopping " that happened to my brother who has been rebuilding his house after a fire in the fall of 2019. Delay in getting new appliances and cabinets has been months long now. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 2021-02-23 12:01 |
| #5 "Biggest problem is the damage from burst pipes, and the water plants slow to return to full pumping pressure. That in itself should be a good lesson in infrastructure protection. " It's also a good lesson in common sense. Even Texans know that water expends when it freezes, so that standing water in a pipe which freezes is prone to bursting, and also that city water supplies will probably need a local backup power source during a power failure. It's not rocket surgery. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 2021-02-23 11:59 |
| #4 Not just Texans; with the |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-23 11:58 |
| #3 They call themselves a Resort Hotel. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-02-23 09:04 |
| #2 DC has enough problems of its own. Texas needs to fire or punish the top ERCOT and Oncor brass. While the elderly suffered these entities put their North Texas staff up in a 5 star hotel, the Omni Mandaley of Las Colinas. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-02-23 09:03 |
| #1 Too late! Texas already has all the power back on line to anyone that out other than from local damage (like trees on lines and blown transformers). Biggest problem is the damage from burst pipes, and the water plants slow to return to full pumping pressure. That in itself should be a good lesson in infrastructure protection. Next up: legislature is prepping its once every 2 years session, and they will probably legislate proper standards for generation plants. Problem solved. No feds needeed. |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Shomosh6901 2021-02-23 03:39 |