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 ERCOT Alert
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09/07/23 01:44 AM
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Jimbo1
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Just received a text from Reliant saying ERCOT just issued an Energy Emergency Alert and power outages are possible!
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8912959
09/07/23 01:48 AM
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Roll-Tide
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I swear half the people in Texas would die without electricity for 8 hours.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8912963
09/07/23 01:53 AM
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Jimbo1
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Forecasted to be even hotter the next 2 days. Funny...not really, that I had "test generator" on my to-do list for tomorrow!
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Roll-Tide]
#8912977
09/07/23 02:22 AM
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Paluxy
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I swear half the people in Texas would die without electricity for 8 hours.
Only the married ones 
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8912978
09/07/23 02:27 AM
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krmitchell
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The alert had nothing to do w/ possible outages for residential customers, just industrial. It has expired now but was only level 2 which has no impact to homes.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8912992
09/07/23 02:52 AM
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NORML as can be
^^Cut the Cord^^
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Let the sun shine it keeps my batteries charged 
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913002
09/07/23 03:28 AM
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pdr55
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Just saw on local news that there was only a 2200 MW surplus at times today.
If you`re running down my country, man,
You`re walking on the fighting side of me. (Merle)
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8913009
09/07/23 05:16 AM
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NORML as can be
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Well when you allow hundreds of thousands of people to flood the state and they all are using electricity of course you're going to run low.....
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: NORML as can be]
#8913047
09/07/23 11:16 AM
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Stump_jumper
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Well when you allow hundreds of thousands of people to flood the state and they all are using electricity of course you're going to run low..... I like to blame it on the bitcoin miners. If the alert was for industrial customers then why send it to everybody? What is going to happen today and Friday when temps are even higher?
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8913096
09/07/23 01:18 PM
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Nolanco
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I got a message from Gexa last evening to be extremely frugal with power in order to avoid rolling blackouts. It is supposed to be hotter today and tomorrow. Pretty screwy way to run a grid, but Greg assures us that all is peaches and ice cream, so why worry? 
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913139
09/07/23 02:19 PM
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Cochise
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Well when you allow hundreds of thousands of people to flood the state and they all are using electricity of course you're going to run low..... I like to blame it on the bitcoin miners. If the alert was for industrial customers then why send it to everybody? What is going to happen today and Friday when temps are even higher? I don't think people are able to wrap their heads around the amount of power needed to run bitcoin mining. Everyone plugging their Tesla in after the days commute doesn't help. Also doesn't help that the woke and eco terrorists have made us overly reliant on wind and solar to power the grid and shut down coal fired plants.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913236
09/07/23 05:42 PM
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Jimbo1
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The level 2 alert is one level before rolling blackouts commence for everyone, not just for businesses! We're already being warned about this afternoon. I just tested my generator and left it hooked up...just in case.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913244
09/07/23 06:05 PM
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tigger
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Did not have this problem in Texas until it turned red.
Tigger
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Lying is lying. Don't bitch about one doing it and condone another. That's called hypocrisy.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913273
09/07/23 07:00 PM
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oldoak2000
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108 in the shade right now in North Texas! ERCOT supply gonna be tight around sunset today . . . ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2023/09/full-6229-399452-img_3352.jpg)
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913282
09/07/23 07:07 PM
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Buzzsaw
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Yep, everyone bitchies TILL the lights go out.
Just a few more days of not running the dishwasher
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Cochise]
#8913358
09/07/23 08:54 PM
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Cool Mo D
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Well when you allow hundreds of thousands of people to flood the state and they all are using electricity of course you're going to run low..... I like to blame it on the bitcoin miners. If the alert was for industrial customers then why send it to everybody? What is going to happen today and Friday when temps are even higher? I don't think people are able to wrap their heads around the amount of power needed to run bitcoin mining. Everyone plugging their Tesla in after the days commute doesn't help. Also doesn't help that the woke and eco terrorists have made us overly reliant on wind and solar to power the grid and shut down coal fired plants. OMG NO!!! We can't use coal, then we would be like China and India. This Admin is out of this world. '24 hurry!! Now today he shut down drilling in Alaska!! WTH is wrong with that man??? If he gets back in WE are toast.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8913476
09/08/23 01:13 AM
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wp75169
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I think you underestimate how much power industry uses and the amount of load that can be shed by shutting some of it down.
My house used 3300 kWh total in august. My company consumes 15,000 kw in one hour. Roughly 5 months worth for my house. Another way to look at it is shutting down at work will supply 3000 plus homes. On the scale of industry I’d say we’re the median regarding consumption.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: wp75169]
#8913477
09/08/23 01:15 AM
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krmitchell
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I think you underestimate how much power industry uses and the amount of load that can be shed by shutting some of it down.
My house used 3300 kWh total in august. My company consumes 15,000 kw in one hour. Roughly 5 months worth for my house. Another way to look at it is shutting down at work will supply 3000 plus homes. On the scale of industry I’d say we’re the median regarding consumption. Same with water. Industrial & agricultural customers use the majority of water but they blame watering lawns for the water shortages.
Last edited by krmitchell; 09/08/23 01:15 AM.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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09/08/23 01:38 AM
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rolyat.nosaj
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I don't understand why we are having these issues now. It started with the freeze. You never heard of these issues before that. What's the matter with these people?
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Re: ERCOT Alert
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8913505
09/08/23 01:57 AM
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Superduty
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Just dropped my AC to 67.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913511
09/08/23 02:10 AM
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Paluxy
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I don't understand why we are having these issues now. It started with the freeze. You never heard of these issues before that. What's the matter with these people? Companies and people keep moving here is what's the matter
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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#8913520
09/08/23 02:41 AM
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ChrisB
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I don't understand why we are having these issues now. It started with the freeze. You never heard of these issues before that. What's the matter with these people? Look at all the coal plants that have been shut down. Wind doesn't always blow.
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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09/10/23 02:06 AM
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lhare
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Turn off all the lighting for billboards. Texas doesn't need Lotto billboards lit up all night. Car dealers, banks, lawyers billboards don't need to be lit all the time. If your business isn't open 24 hours a day, no more lit up bill boards
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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09/10/23 02:12 AM
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GusWayne
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I turn down the AC when they send them out
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Re: ERCOT Alert
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09/10/23 02:17 AM
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That offends some on here. They want you to comply.
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