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US Declares Texas Grid Emergency in Arctic Blast

https://news.yahoo.com/us-declares-...yhIEoP2hFtacWxfmAYslR5Bos_68qpju&guccounter=2

Sat, December 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM PST·1 min read

(Bloomberg) -- The US Energy Department declared a power emergency in Texas, citing a shortage of electricity as an Arctic winter blast causes power plants to fail.

The order allows the state’s grid operator to exceed certain air pollution limits to boost generation amid record power demand in the state. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, whose service area includes 90% of electric customers in Texas, requested the emergency order Friday, warning it may need to resort to blackouts.



“While the vast majority of generating units in the ERCOT region continue to operate without any problem, a small number of units have experienced operating difficulties due to cold weather or gas curtailments,” the Energy Department said in its order.



The order said 11,000 megawatts of coal and gas-fired power, 4,000 megawatts of wind and 1,700 megawatts of solar power were out or derated to weather conditions.

 

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The Fed rate is also having a strong effect on updating the grid in general.

 

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I'm guessing the carbon use tax will also have an impact on how stable the grid will become very soon.

 

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A powerful winter storm claims at least 22 lives across the US as temperatures plunge, winds howl and power lines fall

By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Ray Sanchez, CNN

Updated 9:54 PM EST, Sat December 24, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/weat...ay/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn

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More than 315,000 homes and businesses nationwide were without power Christmas Eve, thanks to an Arctic blast and winter storm that tore down power lines with destructive winds and heavy snow and dipped temperatures dangerously low – conditions killing at least 22 people.

 

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Chaos as Southwest Cancels Over 2,800 Flights on the Day After Christmas, Stranding Thousands of Passengers

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...day-christmas-stranding-thousands-passengers/

The canceled flights account for approximately 70 percent of Southwest’s schedule.

“With consecutive days of extreme winter weather across our network behind us, continuing challenges are impacting our Customers and Employees in a significant way that is unacceptable,” Southwest said in a statement. “And our heartfelt apologies for this are just beginning.”

 

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Just wait until they put millions of EV on the grid.
See the problem-without having 5% on the grid.
Not enough power to do the basic necessities now.

This last weekend storm-pulled the plows off the major highways-didn't open warming centres as it was too stormy.
Say what!
Too stormy for them.
Bless the fragile that are out there trying to run something that they have no idea on how to function even in a simple storm.
If this is just an example of what happens in one storm-better prepare for the worse-and if it's better than we lucked out.
Still shaking my head at the excuses of the outside world-justifying their reasoning over simple measures.

 

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Just wait until they put millions of EV on the grid.
See the problem-without having 5% on the grid.
Not enough power to do the basic necessities now.

This last weekend storm-pulled the plows off the major highways-didn't open warming centres as it was too stormy.
Say what!
Too stormy for them.
Bless the fragile that are out there trying to run something that they have no idea on how to function even in a simple storm.
If this is just an example of what happens in one storm-better prepare for the worse-and if it's better than we lucked out.
Still shaking my head at the excuses of the outside world-justifying their reasoning over simple measures.

Yep just one big electrifying experiment around the corner now coming.
What happens when the big plug gets pulled out from under us all?

 

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Doctors slam COVID government censorship exposed in 'Twitter Files': 'On the road to totalitarianism'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/docto...ip-exposed-twitter-files-road-totalitarianism

 

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Death toll from historic winter storm reaches 60 as up to 9 more inches expected in NY
By Yaron Steinbuch
December 27, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/12/27/death...utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

The ferocious winter storm that gripped most of the US over Christmas weekend has killed at least 60 people and snarled travel during one of the busiest travel periods — with Southwest Airlines cancelling almost two-thirds of its flights Tuesday.

Spanning from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande on the Mexican border, the storm resulted in at least 60 deaths as of Tuesday morning, according to an NBC News tally.

The fatalities included 28 people who died in western New York, where forecasters predicted that up to 9 more inches of snow could fall through Tuesday.

Emergency crews in the area have been working feverishly to rescue stranded residents — and officials warned the death toll could rise.

“We can see sort of the light at the end of the tunnel, but this is not the end yet,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said at a news conference Monday. “We are not there.”