Texas

Ominous signs about energy

Six power-generating facilities in Texas failed, and we’ve been asked to raise our thermostats and reduce energy use during peak times. (May 16, 1A, “What’s causing repair delays, high costs in Texas”) It is only May. There is a lot of hot weather to come.

Our governor has indicated that the grid was fixed after the outages in 2021. But this is not a sign that it is ready for a Texas summer.

Let’s tell the governor that we expect him to work to increase the reliability of the grid. This can be accomplished by increasing capacity, managing the gas suppliers and plugging in to the interstate power grid.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/energy-mess-doesn-t-look-100000662.html