Thursday, October 15, 2009

Keep the Texas electrical grid independent

Popular Mechanics has an article about Texas staying off the proposed national grid. They failed to mention what I think is the most important reason of all: Remember the 2003 blackout?

8 comments:

Ahumado said...

I can't find it now but wasn't there an article just recently about Texas's plans to join grids (western??) My initial reaction is uh-oh!

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Epiphany said...

Houston........

http://patterico.com/2009/10/16/houston-houston/

Bill in NC said...

My first job was doing electric utility consulting for heavily regulated utilities in the NE and CA.

I quickly came to the conclusion none were particularly interested in maintaining their infrastructure.

Better put up those subsidized solar panels (and add a few batteries) if you live in a blue state and want reliable power at your home or business.

I don't want to see Texas forced to connect to those creaky, antiquated grids either.

Handy said...

Any chance you can give us an update on Casey? Not all of us have access to the inner circle on caseyhaterz. Rumor flying around is that he took some pills or such...

Anonymous said...

Another day, another betrayal of the public trust. California really is broken.

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2259625.html

Michael Ryan said...

If we can all hold out just a little longer, help is coming.

Lou Minatti said...

For national security I think the national grid should be broken up, not integrated. Texas shouldn't be the lone hold out. I don't buy the opinion that a "smart grid" will prevent a regional blackout. Breaking a national grid into 10 or 12 sectors still leaves plenty of room for new efficiencies.