Texas Grid Breaking Summer Demand Records, and It’s Still Spring
June 6, 2022
As extreme heat settles in across Texas this week, power demand will skyrocket. @ERCOT_ISO now expecting we eclipse the previous all-time record for summer power demand 4 of the next 5 days.
— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) June 6, 2022
Thankfully, solar/wind production will supply more than 1/4 of that peak demand pic.twitter.com/GwwM5GPBYO
Energy twitter riveted on Texas.
UPDATE:
Today 6 June while NW USA is enjoying a cool day,Texas is an oven. Highest temperature so far today is 114F/45.6C at Rio Grande Village,on the border with Mexico. 109F also at Cotulla and more north at Sweetwater. These temperatures are close to all time records at these stations pic.twitter.com/kQmx6dHXti
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) June 6, 2022
Classic example of complementary wind & solar forecast for ERCOT tomorrow, as we've shown is often (but not always) the case: https://t.co/rFUVyM6UZJ
— Daniel Cohan (@cohan_ds) June 6, 2022
Note the almost 10 GW of solar output; Texas didn't get its first GW of solar capacity until 2017. Challenge will be transmission. pic.twitter.com/yDYeXhILDt
This is awful & dangerous. And while it's not a failure of the #ERCOT bulk grid, it is a policy failure nonetheless & highlights the need for better utility regulation.
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) June 6, 2022
Texas ranked 30th on reliability *before* the February 2021 outages. #txlegehttps://t.co/O5xzropi2B https://t.co/x6OOsjsvM7 pic.twitter.com/G2mnn2EJdZ
Blaming Biden for the failed grid in Texas? ERCOT owns all the natural gas and the grid is separate from the rest of the country.
— Nintendo Joe (@TekshowPlays) June 6, 2022
The GOP caused this, and is now scapegoating 100%
My anger at this shit is through the roof! 😤 https://t.co/l2J49Tr0AB
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