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You're getting a ton of discussion on it
Sorry wine. I have him in a tizzy over in the school shooting thread and he always goes on these rampages when he's insecure.
You're getting a ton of discussion on it
Doesn't matter, the info is there. People can do with it what they will or won't. Abbott locked in disaster pricing for energy when the Texas grid nearly the bed and the Texas lege shifted the cost from utility providers to ratepayers, which we'll be paying off for decades. A large coop went bankrupt because of it and now, looks like, we'll have to pick up the tab for that too.You're getting a ton of discussion on it
Does that strike you as equitable, or good government?
Windfall profits socialized to save power companies from going bust, is that capitalism, or is it a public subsidy for a market that failed?
Other states were hit by the same storm noncatastrophically, winter storm Uri wasn't a local event.
Guaranteeing safe water and reliable power is basic, nuts and bolts government , right?
If the providers and regulators the bed and hang us out to dry, why should we pay for it and not them?
Spain, for example, recently clawed back windfall profits and rebated the public. In principle, the Texas lege could do that. Why isn't that an option?
The ratepayers didn't up here. Texas and gas companies did.
No state plans or regulations to assist consumers when utility companies have profits (to make up for this up and handout)?
The plan as currently conceived is to save windfall profits for energy producers and screw the public. I doubt any other options were ever considered
Capitalism, tiest possible product for highest possible price
Texas had most U.S. weather-related outages in last 20 years
Texas had the most weather-related outages in the U.S. over the past two decades,
with most of them occurring between 2011 and 2021, according to the report.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/lo...r-17444071.php
bag Repugs were bribed to deregulate hole TX electricity market in 1995
State had companies over a barrel and could have had them sucking s to avoid bankruptcy. Shame,
Markets tend to fail like this when you subsidize companies who dont give a .
And the red team gripes about socialism...
But... but... we are business friendly TEXAS.
Hypocrisy and lies continue with Fabbot.
Grid not fixed, says new Ercot chief
Yeah but we took care of the important like critical race theory and rolling back women's rights.
The GOP sure sucks at governing.
Don't forget motorboats to chase messicans...
"Merry Christmas two days early. We sent our customer service reps home to be with their families while you freeze."
Problems this time around -- by no means massive, but that makes little difference to the end users who lost power -- relate to transmission rather than the grid with this cold snap.
ERCOT's usage estimate was low by 23%, and a bunch of coal and gas went offline. Conservation and weatherproofing are areas we could definitely improve on too.
Last edited by Winehole23; 12-24-2022 at 01:06 AM.
Before winter storm Uri, Texas was 41st in energy reliability to the end user. That's just greed and incompetence. Not sure that's changed much
Energy Twitter said there wasn't much chance of blackouts, but ERCOT was gripping.
Looks like they're underestimating demand again tonight. Have it way lower than last night (57000MW forecast tonight vs 64000MW used yesterday) despite tonight being similarly cold. Plus no one is going to be using power for things like parties, staying up late to watch movies, getting up super early to plug in their PlayStations, etc on the night of Christmas Eve / morning of Christmas are they?
Merry Christmas!
ERCOT gripped.
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