ERCOT asks Texans to conserve energy for third straight day
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve energy for third straight day
ERCOT is asking Texans to save energy Saturday afternoon and evening to help the state's power grid. It's the third straight day Texas' power grid operator has asked people to conserve energy.
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Ercot asks this every other day now. Maybe they should address the root problems instead. Like having lousy transmission lines that can’t handle all the renewable energy that’s being generated across the state.
ERCOT doesn't have the power to do what you're saying they should do
they don't even have the power to keep the grid going
They are not the grid operator? Explain please.
There is no single grid operator, and they neither own nor operate any transmission lines. ERCOT's purpose is to coordinate supply and demand on the grid, and to try to ensure electricity demand does not exceed supply using what limited tools they have available to them. They can't build new power plants and they can't build new power lines, all they can do is request more power from generators and request or force consumers to decrease demand
The Public Utility Commission, governor, and the state legislature are where you need to direct your anger
"But that's commie energy!"