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posted by mrpg on Wednesday June 16 2021, @10:20AM   Printer-friendly

'Unplanned' outages hit Texas power plants in soaring temperatures

Officials with Texas' power grid operator pleaded with residents Monday to limit their electrical usage amid soaring temperatures and a series of mechanical problems at power plants.

The appeal, from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, comes four months after deadly blackouts during a winter storm left millions of people without power — and weeks after state legislators passed a package of measures aimed at fixing some of the problems exposed by the storm.

Officials with the nonprofit group, which oversees 90 percent of Texas' energy production, asked residents to set their thermostats higher, turn off lights and avoid using larger appliances until Friday.

A spokeswoman for the group told reporters that the outages accounted for more than 12,000 megawatts, enough to power 2.4 million homes. Some areas of the state, including Dallas and Tarrant counties, were warned about poor air quality and potentially dangerous heat, with the heat index approaching 110 degrees.

A senior official with ERCOT, Warren Lasher, said it wasn't clear why there were so many unplanned outages. But he said that the group is "deeply concerned" about the plants that are offline and that a thorough investigation is being conducted to better understand the problems.


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  • (Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Wednesday June 16 2021, @06:03PM

    by SunTzuWarmaster (3971) on Wednesday June 16 2021, @06:03PM (#1146029)

    Just out of curiosity - why did you cite a link which says "Texas Population 2011-2022", compare it to the 2010 number of the grandfather poster, and insinuate that they are inaccurate?

    Let's go to the Census data rather than some macrotrends.com, shall we?
    April 2020 - https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/TX [census.gov]

    Texas Population 2010-2020 = 25145561-29145505 (16% increase)

    Seems pretty accurate to the claim of:
    "In 2010, Texas had 25 million people.
    Just 10 years later, Texas had 29 million people."

    Seems to dispute the claim that the GP made that it is a 20% increase, seeing as it is only 16%.

    https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CA [census.gov]

    In 2010, CA had 37,253,956 people.
    Just 10 years later, CA had 39,538,223 people.

    CA Population 2010-2020 = 37,253,956-39,538,223 (6% increase).

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