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Texas had grid problems because of the natural gas demand was off the charts, along with peaker plants being offline, renewables being offline, and a perfect st
by shiftpgdn 4y ago
Texas had grid problems because of the natural gas demand was off the charts, along with peaker plants being offline, renewables being offline, and a perfect storm of other issues during an unusually cold spell . I assure you it wasn’t from people running their air conditioning during a freeze.
- danpalmer 4y agoIt happened because they assumed that high demand and gas plants being offline, would be independent events. It turns out if it's very cold people use a lot of power to heat their homes and gas plants can develop issues due to the cold. Renewables weren't a major contributing factor in the winter outage. > I assure you it wasn’t from people running their air conditioning during a freeze. I think conversation is best if you don't assume the other person is an idiot.