Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
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Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#2So Texas almost got close to a blackout in the last 2 years?
Is this newsworthy, are we reporting on things that almost happened?
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#3Don't worry, Texas is just helping the crypto miners rather than their citizens again. "The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin miner $31.7 million in energy credits in August to not mine bitcoin. During the August heat wave, ERCOT issued eight calls for voluntary energy conservation. People were asked to adjust home thermostats or delay doing laundry during the energy call."
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#4> Some of these tactics have proven controversial with consumers. One program that pays big power users like cryptocurrency operations millions to conserve, has come under particular scrutiny, as Texans have been asked to conserve voluntarily for months.
This is... amazing. Not in a good way.
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#5It would have had blackouts if it didn't build all those bitcoin mines. The bitcoin mines encouraged power infrastructure development, and they can just be taken offline when high heat causes power demand spikes for air conditioning.
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#6If only they had interconnect with other states for backup power...
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#7So Texas almost got close to a blackout in the last 2 years? Is this newsworthy, are we reporting on things that almost happened?
Its newsworthy because of its frequency of occurrence.
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#8> Some of these tactics have proven controversial with consumers. One program that pays big power users like cryptocurrency operations millions to conserve, has come under particular scrutiny, as Texans have been asked to conserve voluntarily for months. This is... amazing. Not in a good way.
is this what they mean by privatizing profits and socializing losses
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#9The article states that the sharp drop in reserves was being “investigated,” and that it is “suspected” that a large power plant stopped working.
Is observability of Texan infrastructure so poor that the _power company_ doesn’t have a comprehensive view of _which power plants are operational_?
Re: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
#10Don't worry, Texas is just helping the crypto miners rather than their citizens again. "The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin miner $31.7 million in energy credits in August to not mine bitcoin. During the August heat wave, ERCOT issued eight calls for voluntary energy conservation. People were asked to adjust home thermostats or delay doing laundry during the energy call."
I think I have to set up shop in Texas with some space heaters and claim my bitcoin energy credits!