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duncang

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1. We haven't hit summer yet.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2024, 07:34 AM

May 2024

Most of the power is back on here in Texas. But there’s still outages. I wonder what it would have been if all the power had been restored?

I don’t trust ERCOT to keep it on this summer. I’m up the line from our city hall and police department so the power is restored fast. Also on one of the lines from the national grid. Not a ERCOT line. Abbott’s choice of people who serve on it has always been screwed up. Before the 2021 freeze here he had installed someone from the botched Flint water crisis in ERCOT. As his hero tfg he only hired the best.

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Texas daily power demand sets record for May consumption [View all] sl8 May 2024 OP

We haven't hit summer yet. duncang May 2024 #1

It wasn't an overall record, just one for the month of May FBaggins May 2024 #2

It's been the coolest May I remember. If Ercot can't keep up with that, we're in trouble. catrose May 2024 #3

That may be true of the month overall... it was not true yesterday FBaggins May 2024 #4

This has not been my experience here on the central coast... CCExile May 2024 #5

An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for the city of Houston LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #6