RedWhiteAndLou t1_j1kl1wk wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:01 AM

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That somehow makes us impervious to the impact of a historical weather event?

my_shiny_new_account t1_j1m1xak wrote on December 25, 2022 at 2:28 PM

genuinely curious: what is historical about this?

Blue_5ive t1_j1mtato wrote on December 25, 2022 at 6:20 PM

It’s colder than usual

[deleted] t1_j1kmm5g wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:16 AM

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RedWhiteAndLou t1_j1kmtxl wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:18 AM

TIL other countries have never had to conserve energy to prevent a potential brief blackout.

GuyNoirPI t1_j1kmui4 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:18 AM

Do you have any actual evidence this is the case?

Questioning-Pen OP t1_j1npew6 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 10:34 PM

https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/why-us-lose-power-storms/

MintyLacroix t1_j1krtrj wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:08 AM

You sure gave Texas a hard time last year.

Seven7Shadows t1_j1lt1f9 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:46 PM

There was no blackout. PJM’s systems worked. Regardless, this was an operation to help the entire country grid system (notably by exporting to MISO). So it’s actually an exact example of something ERCOT couldn’t do to help itself last year. https://twitter.com/dr_a_stein/status/1606755212886147072?s=46&t=g4KpMovi-KJNnltFrF-dlw

Anyway, this is also an event that has caused trouble for all the power systems - rather than last year where exclusively ERCOT had issues during that cold snap.