ERCOT tells Texans to conserve electricity through Friday.

[Rasulis]

I find it amusing that the more TX tried to be different from CA, the more TX resembled CA.

We get those kind of warnings in CA also. Just not in June when summer hadn't even started yet. We got those around August and September.

We definitely didn't get those warnings when the weather was in the balmy 95s. We were generally well into three digits temperature before we received those kind of warnings. Or three digits temperature in combination with wild fires.

[Doctor Amadeus]

nah they will deny it and blame it on solar again.

or Mexicans, that seems to be their go to. Guess they want to spend more on a new state wall then fixing their real problems like education and energy.

How can they blame it on Solar, wouldn't solar actually be helpful to them right about now. I would think systems would be selling like hotcakes

[D Luniz]

How can they blame it on Solar, wouldn't solar actually be helpful to them right about now. I would think systems would be selling like hotcakes

He might have ment wind. That's what they blamed last time.

[Captain N]

This is just a distraction. Texas has more important things to worry about like voter suppression, banning abortion, and allowing everyone to carry a gun. You know the real freedoms.

[cubby]

This is just a distraction. Texas has more important things to worry about like voter suppression, banning abortion, and allowing everyone to carry a gun. You know the real freedoms.

There have been some very spot-on memes coming out of the voter suppression in the 2nd amendment states. Something like "people in [insert red state] require and ID to vote but not an ID to buy a gun".

[Easo]

I wish we had a recall system. Fuck Abbot, Patrick, Cruz, and our indicted AG.

You do - it's called moving those lazy asses in the streets and protesting. Couple of million should be enough to force someone to resign, even the most stubborn ones.

[CastletonSnob]

How likely is it that power goes out?

[Belize]

I wish we had a recall system. Fuck Abbot, Patrick, Cruz, and our indicted AG.

Abbott especially is a tool

[Rasulis]

How likely is it that power goes out?

Unless something unforeseen occurred, not likely.

According to ERCOT current demand is at 69,500 MW with capacity at around 72,500 MW. So they still have 3,000 MW in reserve. That put their energy reserve at less than 5%. Which is cutting it really close.

It is interesting to compare TX and CA energy consumption. According to ISO, current demand in CA is 33,129 MW and anticipated to peak around 39,205 MW between 4 - 6 pm when everybody come home and turn on their AC at the same time. Capacity is at 52,543 MW. Which put CA reserve at around 25%.

[Edge-]

It is interesting to compare TX and CA energy consumption. According to ISO, current demand in CA is 33,129 MW and anticipated to peak around 39,205 MW between 4 - 6 pm when everybody came home and turned on their AC at the same time. Capacity is at 52,543 MW. Which put CA reserve at around 25%.

I'd be real curious as to why CA's energy consumption is so much lower than TX. I know we likely have some cooler areas that are drawing less power, but I'd figure with a similar number of major cities, similar populations, and similarly hot weather (LA has an energy warning for unseasonably hot weather that's something like 25F above the average for this time of year). Kinda wild to see their demand at double the demand in CA >.>

[Zan15]

How can they blame it on Solar, wouldn't solar actually be helpful to them right about now. I would think systems would be selling like hotcakes

He might have ment wind. That's what they blamed last time.

wait are you trying to place logic into the minds of texan republican/Q'ers??

Like i said they will try to blame solar and based on the post at DMail and several other conservative sites they did in fact blame solar and other renewables en mass

[Rasulis]

I'd be real curious as to why CA's energy consumption is so much lower than TX. I know we likely have some cooler areas that are drawing less power, but I'd figure with a similar number of major cities, similar populations, and similarly hot weather (LA has an energy warning for unseasonably hot weather that's something like 25F above the average for this time of year). Kinda wild to see their demand at double the demand in CA >.>

The houses and buildings in CA are a lot more energy efficient. Energy conservation is a foreign word in TX. Unless you are in Austin. Solar & geothermal are big in Austin.

[Edge-]

The houses and buildings in CA are a lot more energy efficient. Energy conservation is a foreign word in TX. Unless you are in Austin. Solar & geothermal are big in Austin.

I imagine CA being a bit more liberal and likely to conserve is a factor, but the magnitude of the difference is absolutely astounding to me. I know CA likely has stronger building codes when it comes to homes and energy efficiency, but we've got huge amounts of old, unrenovated homes in the state as well.

I'm actually kinda curious about this, will do some digging later to see if there are any studies on this.

[s_bushido]

I'd be real curious as to why CA's energy consumption is so much lower than TX. I know we likely have some cooler areas that are drawing less power, but I'd figure with a similar number of major cities, similar populations, and similarly hot weather (LA has an energy warning for unseasonably hot weather that's something like 25F above the average for this time of year). Kinda wild to see their demand at double the demand in CA >.>

https://weather.com/maps/ustemperaturemap

Looks like it's consistently hotter over more area in TX at the moment. 90s across the board, compared to some places in the 60s-70s. And those places that are really hot in CA have less population to cool.

[dwarven]

How likely is it that power goes out?

Where? In California during the summer, 99.999%. Happens every year.

[Bakis]

The phrase self-inflicted keeps ringing in my ears.

[Rasulis]

https://weather.com/maps/ustemperaturemap

Looks like it's consistently hotter over more area in TX at the moment. 90s across the board, compared to some places in the 60s-70s. And those places that are really hot in CA have less population to cool.

Temperature is definitely a factor. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco" maybe an exaggeration, but it does have a kernel of truth in it. San Diego is only slightly warmer. Los Angeles is usually the warmest of the three.

On the other hand, I have done construction projects in CA and TX, and buildings and homes in CA are a lot more energy efficient than TX. Your standard subdivision homes in CA have the same energy rating as the top end custom homes in TX.

[Kaleredar]

Temperature is definitely a factor. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco" maybe an exaggeration, but it does have a kernel of truth in it. San Diego is only slightly warmer. Los Angeles is usually the warmest of the three.

That may be true but a quick look at a population density map of California seems to indicate the most densely populated areas being areas that also get pretty damn hot.

It might be "cooler" near the beaches but you go 30 minutes inland basically anywhere in central/southern California and it's easily 105 there in the summer. Sacramento, Fresno, LA, and all their surrounding areas, all get really hot.

On the other hand, I have done construction projects in CA and TX, and buildings and homes in CA are a lot more energy efficient than TX. Your standard subdivision homes in CA have the same energy rating as the top end custom homes in TX.

With California having a significantly larger population (~10.5 million more people than Texas) I'd wager that this is probably the more contributory factor.

[s_bushido]

On the other hand, I have done construction projects in CA and TX, and buildings and homes in CA are a lot more energy efficient than TX. Your standard subdivision homes in CA have the same energy rating as the top end custom homes in TX.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were stricter regulations for that in CA. It's exactly the sort of thing Republicans like to gloat about when they act like there's some mass exodus out of the state.

[cubby]

https://weather.com/maps/ustemperaturemap

Looks like it's consistently hotter over more area in TX at the moment. 90s across the board, compared to some places in the 60s-70s. And those places that are really hot in CA have less population to cool.

And warnings are going out, again, today in TX asking people "not to blast" AC in the heat, as it could lead to cascade failure across grids.

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It wouldn't surprise me if there were stricter regulations for that in CA. It's exactly the sort of thing Republicans like to gloat about when they act like there's some mass exodus out of the state.

Same - CA leads the nation in environmental friendly regulations. And the GQP had previously loved touting CA's "problems". Which clearly falls under "whoopsie-daisy" now. This is just the start of the hot season - it's not even fucking summer yet.