Electric 'Brown Outs' may be coming soon.

[Buttoni]

We have an electric cooperative at our rural BOL. Just got a letter from them announcing that if ERCOT (responsible for ensuring electricity supply is sufficient to meet demand) feels demand is about to exceed supply (which it did Feb. 2021 in Texas), it will begin 'emergency operations' with controlled customer outages to reduce demand on the ERCOT grid, 'as a last resort' to avoid a major blackout. Looks like they still haven't cleaning up the weak links shown in their systems in the last ice storm fiasco. Why am I not surprised.

Letter goes on to say these controlled outages may happen without warning, but they'll TRY to notify in advance.

Also says 'critical or chronic care' customers (need C-pap and other medical equipment) will have to find other ways to run their medical equipment as they will not be excluded from any controlled outages. 'Critical load' (hospitals, nursing homes, airports, etc.) will also have to provide their own electrical needs during outages. They will prioritize resumption of power to these customers.

This sounds like the classic CYA legal announcement for what is coming to a town near you soon. I fear all their ducks are in a row now, folks, and they're ready to throw the switch. If I'm right, buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride.

 

[lonewolf]

we had rationed power cuts in the UK in the 70s because of the oil crisis.

 

[Buttoni]

We didn't suffer any outage during the February 2021 electric grid crisis in Texas last year, but I know many who did just south of me. Only reason we probably didn't is because there is a MAJOR hospital near me. It serves the city and much of Central Texas. But at my BOL, that won't be the situation. It's rural and VERY isolated. So we've got 2 generators in place there to run critical items (until the dual fuels they need run out, that is).

 

[lonewolf]

I grew up with power cuts. nothing new.

 

[DrHenley]

Power blips, sags, brownouts, blackouts...routine here. The batteries on my computer backup UPSs keep dying from running down all the time. My computer hibernates whenever there is a power sag. Sometimes twice a day.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

I will get a text message for power shutoff for a slight breeze. Rolling blackouts are threatened every summer.
Brownouts do the most damage. I keep a light on at all times. LEDs will flicker erratically during low voltage situations
When this occurs, I take myself off grid. I have replaced too many refrigerator compressors

 

[Dave2001]

We have an electric cooperative at our rural BOL. Just got a letter from them announcing that if ERCOT (responsible for ensuring electricity supply is sufficient to meet demand) feels demand is about to exceed supply (which it did Feb. 2021 in Texas), it will begin 'emergency operations' with controlled customer outages to reduce demand on the ERCOT grid, 'as a last resort' to avoid a major blackout. Looks like they still haven't cleaning up the weak links shown in their systems in the last ice storm fiasco. Why am I not surprised.

Letter goes on to say these controlled outages may happen without warning, but they'll TRY to notify in advance.

Also says 'critical or chronic care' customers (need C-pap and other medical equipment) will have to find other ways to run their medical equipment as they will not be excluded from any controlled outages. 'Critical load' (hospitals, nursing homes, airports, etc.) will also have to provide their own electrical needs during outages. They will prioritize resumption of power to these customers.

This sounds like the classic CYA legal announcement for what is coming to a town near you soon. I fear all their ducks are in a row now, folks, and they're ready to throw the switch. If I'm right, buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Our CO-OP here has started augmenting their power supply program with solar farms, it greatly reduced MY elec bill!!!

 

[user 7000]

 

[M0del_31]

We have an electric cooperative at our rural BOL. Just got a letter from them announcing that if ERCOT (responsible for ensuring electricity supply is sufficient to meet demand) feels demand is about to exceed supply (which it did Feb. 2021 in Texas), it will begin 'emergency operations' with controlled customer outages to reduce demand on the ERCOT grid, 'as a last resort' to avoid a major blackout. Looks like they still haven't cleaning up the weak links shown in their systems in the last ice storm fiasco. Why am I not surprised.

Letter goes on to say these controlled outages may happen without warning, but they'll TRY to notify in advance.

Also says 'critical or chronic care' customers (need C-pap and other medical equipment) will have to find other ways to run their medical equipment as they will not be excluded from any controlled outages. 'Critical load' (hospitals, nursing homes, airports, etc.) will also have to provide their own electrical needs during outages. They will prioritize resumption of power to these customers.

This sounds like the classic CYA legal announcement for what is coming to a town near you soon. I fear all their ducks are in a row now, folks, and they're ready to throw the switch. If I'm right, buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Fake news I'm afraid. Texas has windmills and magic sun collectors made by the unicorn corp. and they work all the time.

 

[Dave2001]

AND we are SUPPOSE to have all this EXTRA electricity to charge all these NEW elec vehicles???????

 

[Jayson]

Our local gas and electric company has a backup generator just in case of a blackout…

 

[EastenerWesterner]

Our local gas and electric company has a backup generator just in case of a blackout…

It’s about time Newscum did some work.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

AND we are SUPPOSE to have all this EXTRA electricity to charge all these NEW elec vehicles???????

No. We are supposed to die or go no where.

 

[Mountain Dragon]

No. We are supposed to die or go no where.

No. We're supposed to go work and earn all the money for our new leaders. You're allowed to die if you're unprofitable.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

No. We're supposed to go work and earn all the money for our new leaders. You're allowed to die if you're unprofitable.

According to the WEF talking head, Noah Harari, THEY, as in WEF members, aren’t going to “need very many humans “. They are replacing humans with AI transhumans. Which is why their stated GOAL is only 500 million humans left alive after 2030.

 

[Mountain Dragon]

According to the WEF talking head, Noah Harari, THEY, as in WEF members, aren’t going to “need very many humans “. They are replacing humans with AI transhumans. Which is why their stated GOAL is only 500 million humans left alive after 2030.

If they start to replace themselves with toasters i'm ok with it.

 

[user 6208]

"ERCOT feels demand is about to exceed supply"

So they just issue building permits without consideration for electrical capacity? I doubt it.

The people running the grid (at the top) are sabotaging it. No reason to think otherwise. They sabotaged the medical industry during COVID. They're sabotaging the oil industry and the food supply now.

 

[Illini Warrior]

what I don't see discussed is having Biden controlling the electric flow - I see the Midwest going dark before CA & NY suffers the least little bit >>>> Biden has weaponized everything else - Why not this????

 

[Helen Back]

They just keep building homes in the SW. Over 40M people already face water scarcity;... they keep building.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

NY has a pretty robust hydroelectric grid (think Niagara Falls) and more in the Adirondacks. They still have Nuclear Energy in use. I don’t think you will see many disruptions.
CA has solar, but what good is it at night. I guess they want to depend of the wind farms because only one nuclear plant still in use. The hydroelectric system is in disarray because of drought. I think you will see mostly disruptions.

 

[GaRp58]

you can't fix stupid.......good nite world