Who is confident that ERCOT has the Texas Grid ready?

[Smart]

[DaveC]

We definitely appreciate you and all who work in this field.

I appreciate that and would tip my Hat to the Lineman out there........talk about some unsung hero's!
They make a lot of $$$ and -especially when the weather is sour- earn every penny of it.

[hopedale]

I'm so confident I spent money to get an innerlock kit installed, a wheel cart for my generator, and yesterday got fresh gas.

[rebelbow]

Appreciate it.
They do pay me well; I'm on my 14th year as a shift lead and I've made my share of OT- coordinating over 20 outages through the years+ hurricane and winter storm ride outs.
My wife's recent cancer struggles have opened my eyes or altered my vision as far as purposely working until near death goes....., I'm no longer a fan and will be sniffing a way out sooner than I previously planned.
I'm burned out as far as this plant goes and sometimes envy those punching a clock outside of the plant life world not worried if their host plant will come offline ($500k penalty) because of an incorrect decision they, or someone on their shift made or knowing they could get exploded due to an event next door out of their control...... (the plant I'm in is inside of a chem plant).




Back to the freeze.....

As far as ERCOT and the grid, we (power plant personal) are leaned on hard to make sure we are ready for freeze events.
The only way to know if the preparations are adequate or not is to live through a sub-freezing event then correct any exposed flaws.
This has been done following each freeze event to the point the list of problem items shrinks each time.

Lack of natural gas flow would knock us offline and is controlled upstream- therefore out of our control.
3 different suppliers help to mitigate the chance of a total loss, so there's that.

keep up the good work! i've been retired since march 2022 and i highly recommend it!

[100%TtId]

As of now, ERCOT showing 9000MW reserve and 70% of generation provided by natgas and coal.

[Maddox]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/13/ercot-issues-weather-watch-due-to-incoming-arctic-blast/

“The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is forecasting that there will be more electrical demand from the grid than supply on Monday as extreme cold weather is expected this upcoming week.”

[deerslayer64d]

Wasn’t to concerned about it being it’s only a couple days but then I just got this

[100%TtId]

Some peakers gonna make some $ at 8am on Monday.

[BertramBass]

PEC sent out an alert at 6:06 PM from ERCOT to conserve power tomorrow (Monday) from 6AM till 10AM.

[100%TtId]

As of now, 84% of generation is natgas and coal. ERCOT has 6300MW reserve.

[Bubba]

Appreciate it.
They do pay me well; I'm on my 14th year as a shift lead and I've made my share of OT- coordinating over 20 outages through the years+ hurricane and winter storm ride outs.
My wife's recent cancer struggles have opened my eyes or altered my vision as far as purposely working until near death goes....., I'm no longer a fan and will be sniffing a way out sooner than I previously planned.
I'm burned out as far as this plant goes and sometimes envy those punching a clock outside of the plant life world not worried if their host plant will come offline ($500k penalty) because of an incorrect decision they, or someone on their shift made or knowing they could get exploded due to an event next door out of their control...... (the plant I'm in is inside of a chem plant).




Back to the freeze.....

As far as ERCOT and the grid, we (power plant personal) are leaned on hard to make sure we are ready for freeze events.
The only way to know if the preparations are adequate or not is to live through a sub-freezing event then correct any exposed flaws.
This has been done following each freeze event to the point the list of problem items shrinks each time.

Lack of natural gas flow would knock us offline and is controlled upstream- therefore out of our control.
3 different suppliers help to mitigate the chance of a total loss, so there's that.

Feel your struggle Brother,17plus year in the plant I'm at. 30 yrs working shift work watching turbines spin around. This isn't fun anymore. I'm pulling the rip cord May of 26.I will still work but it will be on my terms.
Prayers for your wife. Be safe out there.

[Hills of Texas]

I was told ercot was looking at the possibility of rolling blackouts in the central texas region today. 2 hours at a time. Guess we will see

[glen]

Way too many rooftops now in the Hill Country in my opinion with little improvement in lines. Neighborhoods everywhere where ranches existed not long ago

[Smart]

Nice and toasty warm in DFW. …. 10 degrees feels like -5. Lake effect snow layered everywhere.

Generators cold and unused.

[dbaio1]

Ercot is asking for everyone to cut back on electricity use this morning due to low winds and sunshine. Unplug your electric cars immediately and all of you that support wind and solar heed the request forth with.

I'm a drill baby drill guy and support
American oil, gas and pipelines 100%.