Comments on: Secessionist Grid Hurts Texas as Day After Tomorrow Freeze Causes Blackouts

By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:17:34 +0000

[…] Wind played a key role in limiting blackouts during freezing conditions in 2011, and could become an even greater part of the state’s energy and economic future. […]

By: Strategy Consulting | Renewable Energy | Riverview Consulting

Strategy Consulting | Renewable Energy | Riverview Consulting — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:32:13 +0000

[…] reliance on wind energy? No, far from it. The reliability of European grids is far better than US grids. In fact, according to Jay Apt, Executive Director of the Electricity Industry Center at Carnegie […]

By: MD

MD — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:47:41 +0000

Its isolated via DC inter-ties for a reason… when the East side power outage occurred, Texas stayed up and running… nothing wrong with being able to disconnect like that.

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:17:17 +0000

Great pdf, thanks Roger. Glad Tres Amigas is trying to hook into the isolated Texas grid too. It makes so much sense, it is right on that border, practically.

By: Roger Lauricella

Roger Lauricella — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:12:37 +0000

Susan: You give ERCOT a bad rep and Texas in terms of succession talk when they are putting out Money to tie the Grids outside Texas (Western and Eastern) to Texas. See http://www.tresamigasllc.com/docs/ERCOT_TA.pdf

This is quite a large and important project and one of the primary stimulus to this was the need to intergrite Wind into all markets and move power back and forth. I think you owe a slight retraction and clarification on your statement or inferences. You are right in that the fossil plants were not prepared for such extreme weather but ERCOT is and has been very active in initiating changes to tie their grid to others. These things do not happen over night.

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