ERCOT again asks Texans to reduce electric use

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7 pointsctk_brian3 comments

On second thought, I’d I was a fat cat and I owned a generation company, this is exactly the kind of shakedown that I’d operate.

> Gee, that’s such a nice power grid you’ve got there.

> Sure would be such a shame if there were a lot of generators that were suddenly down for repairs, and you had another “IcePocalypse” scale power outage.

> So, how much are we getting paid for our power generation again?

> Hmm, wonder of wonders, our engineers were able to get the systems repaired much quicker than expected, and now we’re back online again!

> Thanks again for all those extra billions of dollars!

> See you again next month!

Maybe I’m wrong. I hope I’m wrong. God, I hope I’m wrong.

I doubt you're wrong. The quote from the ERCOT VP of planning hints that even they are concerned about it:

"We will be conducting a thorough analysis with generation owners to determine why so many units are out of service," said ERCOT Vice President of Grid Planning and Operations Woody Rickerson. "This is unusual for this early in the summer season."

Maybe get everyone to turn off their cryptominers?

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