Top Texas officials warn of power shortages

The private companies that generate electricity in Texas are not building enough new capacity to meet the state's future needs, top officials told state lawmakers in Austin.

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--Jack Z. Smith

Comments

[Richard Lewis]

There is a remarkable story waiting to be told, if only ERCOT and the liberal press had the guts to tell it …. $26 billion (yes, with a “b”) is the tab so far for investment in Texas in wind-generated electricity since the year 2000. But this huge misguided investment cannot be counted on for a single megawatt of power in the middle of a blistering hot Texas summer afternoon. Why? Because the wind may not be blowing at all across the entire state! ERCOT’s website has the data which confirm this remarkable fact. Explore the data and be amazed. Maximum wind generation is nearly always at 1 AM, while the minimum is consistently at 1 PM: totally out of phase with peak demand. “Reliability” is ERCOT’s second name, but the unaddressed folly of wind generation makes EUCOT (“Unreliabilty”) more apt.