As Texas sees record-breaking high temperatures across multiple areas this summer, there are renewed concerns over the state’s power grid system. NBC News’ Isa Gutiérrez has more including how Texans were asked twice to cut back on energy use during peak hours to avoid blackouts.
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#Texas #HeatWaves #Energy
Blah blah blah blah! Do something!!
Apparently they learned nothing from the ice storm.
The capitalism wet dream, go off grid, if you can, with all the laws against it.
I did, and its the best thing I ever did to go off the grid completely.
You would think NBC would be more concerned about he possibility of no power for Arizona, Nevada and Southern CAL because the water levels in Lake Mead have dropped to record levels
If Abbott has of used the $$$$ to fix the problem. Instead of throwing it away on crap. Than they would not be having the problems like this. I’d say Abbott has blood on his hands because he did not fix it
Imagine trying to charge your car
I charge both my EV’s perfectly fine with my solar… But then I am smart and I am off the grid not dependent on corrupt corporate terrorists for my energy needs. Self sufficiency is the best…
@Jebus Hypocristos bravo, 👍🏼 I hope you help others to do the same.
They want EV vehicles all over America. And they can’t even handle a heatwave and we’re supposed to charge all of our cars on this power grid. The Biden ministration has no clue on how to run this country.
I don’t understand why they don’t position solar panel in a vertical way instead of the horizontal way. Placing panels in a horizontal way will sacrifice land space. We need grass. Their roots gives the floor stability. Just a thought.
When the power grid crashed last winter I was already saying that it can’t handle the heat either and this summer is proving me right.
I thought Abbott was gonna take care of that?
Concerns lol
But climate change is no biggie & modernizing you power grid is so dumb, right Gov Abbot? Right? What really matters are those Big Oil bucks in your campaign funds & stock portfolios, huh?
If only someone had warned the TX state officials & companies, so they could have worked on energy infrastructure sooner!
Quit voting for corrupt Republicans. Lived there for 28 years, moved back north 15 years ago and happy I did. There’s no good reason to live in Texas.
I think it’s crazy they should do something about it then then the mayor sitting there scratching his head doesn’t know it doesn’t want to do anything everybody should fix it back up fix the problem then make it worse
Texas you can fix this, dump Republicans
Tesla owners were asked to not charge between 3 – 8 pm
Renewables are NOT yet ready. Not to mention the fact they destroy the environment in three ways. The mining of rare earth minerals, destroying the environment at the installation site and they, especially solar are incredibly dangerous waste. We can’t keep the lights on now so let’s go ahead with a failed idea. Oh, China will control our grid if we ‘go green ‘. Over 70% of renewable technology comes from China. The people that own the Bidens.
So glad I moved out of that Derp Red state. But now we live in FL and we are close to heading that way too.
blame the wind, blame the customer, blame everything but the actually problem which is you did nothing to fix the KNOWN issues.
Privatization fail for the GOP AGAIN… this is the normal…
Texas is one of the worst states to live in. Awful city infrastructure, overpriced, sketchy energy companies, lazy ISPs, poor mass transit, impoverished schools… get outta there.
They told me that im a mad man. Cause i set my thermostat at 78 when im home and 82 when im out
Texas gets just what it deserves and votes for. Its a joke.
Funny how power goes out in the winter and power goes out in the summer in Texas. I thought they were all about trying to generate power in that state. I guess the Republican lawmakers are to blame
It’s Texas, they got power for all. They fixed all the problems, it just got cold, it’s inexplicable. Hey if there’s climate change, god will fix it…it’s Texas.
Dont worry about worthless Cancun Cruise and the other worthless republicans…..they can vacation in a cool climate and leave honest, working class citizens to die in the heat, no worries. the privatized power grid just wants to save money for the investors.
Please remember that Uncle Joe wants us all driving Electric Cars.
Just another clueless moron on what we can and can’t do when it comes to vehicles we operate in this country.
What did they change to the power grid after 2021 snow storm?
These sound effects drive me crazy. They got to go
Screw these Red states and their life destroying policies, they are basically “welfare” states living off the tax dollars of smarter, harder working Blue states. The sad thing is they want all of us living under these failed systems and beliefs. Just have to laugh at them as their states go up in flames, just don’t ask for my money for your climate denying failures.
First of all, this is regular weather in Texas. Don’t know why people are tripping.
Don’t know why republicans can’t manage a simple power grid.
Republiscum.u are fuuu red state
Waiting for Texas to secede. Waiting with bated breath. Abbott, Cruz…
Anti government ideology does not produce effective government
It’ll be okay, just plug in your crappy car and forget about it
If your not rich I don’t know why your still in Texas we all know the rich will live more comfortably than the poor doing these power outages
I have a quick suggestion… in primarily hot-weather zones — white or light gray roofs (ref. 1:00) reflect a LOT more sun and make houses easier to cool.
I notice one thing the media ignored when talking about the power grid issue, the democrats war on coal. Population explosion plays a part too. Californians are moving in mass migration to Texas. Companies are moving here too in record numbers. We had over 40 coal powered power plants when Obama started fining coal companies $30+ million for spilling some coal on the ground, but only $2 million for DOW chemical company dumping tons of carcenagic cancer causing chemicals into our air and water, and it sent all our factory jobs to Mexico and China, and weakened our power grids. It’s wasn’t about the environment. They also put a lot of coal miners out of work. There was nothing positive about it.
Another reason not to buy an electric car.
We all thought by 2020 we would have Free clean energy 🤣 pathetic of us for not.
ypu know what would help , how about we just go to all electric cars 🤣.
So why do we pay rent if the power grid is so f’d up?
That’s like paying for a PlayStation and getting a Calculator instead.
Dont Texans have more urgent problems? Like Mr Potato Head.
Nobody is heeding the advice to go easy on the thermostats.
Texas getting what they deserve. This state only cares for fetuses and nothing else. They want to bring more kids into this world so they can be fried in 10 years because of climate change that these oil loving suckers created for themselves. Karma.
Texas following California’s example. That’s rich.
If you want 3rd world regulations you’ll get 3rd world results.
don’t worry Texan’s, Ted CanCruz won’t abandon you (LOL)
You sure its not all the evs the govs pushing for their agenda?
Let mexico take Texas back it was stolen. Doing this will solve lots of problems.
Abbot does nothing but guns but hasn’t built any power stations to fix the grid but we’ll burn up again 🤨
That little girl reporter is just adorable.
I’m glad that they emphasized the role of the climate crisis in this situation. Well done. Texas has so many opportunities for solar and wind power, they could power themselves reliably on solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, waste bioenergy, and geothermal, far more reliably and cheaply than they do now and have tons left over to export to other states at a profit. Hopefully this helps them wizen up.
Might want to invest in solar and get a power generator if you live in Texas. Have a cousin that luckily invested in a large generator when he moved to Texas. When the storm hit, he was able to power 6 houses with it.
I hope their power grid fails like it did during that storm. it would be the ultimate karmic debt paid in full. that’s what you get for not using the emergency grid, denying climate change, and refusing to vote for the infrastructure bill that would replace your 40 year old electrical grid artifact.
Solar panels 100% charged = 100% electric economy
First it’s too cold then it’s too hot. Starting to think Texas has all the snowflakes
Bunch of cheap greedy bstrds
Interesting pictures of all those new looking neighborhoods. Here in California, or at least in the desert, in the new neighborhoods, almost all the houses have solar panels. Every time I drive by older neighborhoods, there are new solar panels. So overhead pictures of neighborhoods here would look quite different. There would be much more solar panels. Many of the older homes also have windmills, since there were many before development came.
the weather is controlled. they can make it rain, hail, etc go there and fix it. just one more thing to cause chaos .
So hey people think of this….. If u ran a company and got govt grants and bailout money from your customers…… wouldn’t you at least invest in ur infrastructure??????????? Corporations are killing and robbing you!!!!!!
The Texas State government is pretending the problem doesn’t exist and hopes no one will notice
No concerns tx taxpayers about to get Screwed again for more money
Privatize all utilities, problem solved. Rich people get things done.
Stop lying!
If we gave Texas a billion dollars, the power reseller’s C.E.O.s would get 900 million of that money.
Forced suffering to reach an unrealistic, unpractical Green plan formulated by Washington bureaucrats that have no technical or scientific knowledge
Don’t worry. The important people will be fine.
I feel like the massive increase in population has a lot to do with the strain on the grid.
Could you imagine if everyone had electric cars!!! Lol
Why would anyone question the reliabilty of anything in Texas? 🙄
No problem, the great Governor of Texas, the honorable Gregg Abbott has got this!! He would never let the state down on his watch!! Hahahaha
I’m not sure what the point of the renewable reference was. I’m guessing they were implying by building solar on roofs, you don’t need transmission lines. No matter how the power is generated, you’re gonna need transmission lines
Decentralized, more local renewables will result in less reliance on the outdated grid…
Just tell everybody to be self sufficient. Get a generator, solar panels, batteries and stop depending on others.
Greg abott is an awful governer
Let’s add a million EVs.
Third world US
The greedy republican leaders could careless about the people. Remember Cruz left in the freeze. Republican voters do you remember or is you mind say it did not happen like all the trash that believe terrorist trump remember. Vote blue 🔵 get the republican trash out of office.
Not just a climate, but a demand environment of the past. Fifty years ago airconditioning was rare in most US homes. It is now a standard installation.
Don’t worry folks, Jesus and Greg Abbott will keep the lights on. Pay no attention to the scientists that literally make our lives easier and comfortable of which we take for granted all the time.
I guess Ted Cruz has vacations planned….
Texans … You’re on your own…
I have been living in Texas for 18 years, we have only lost power during storms and the snow storm. We have never had a major power loss related to heat.
Let Texas burn. And then freeze. And then flood. It is obviously God’s judgement against detached-from-reality GOPers.
Gee dumbasses how ya gonna charge all them thar electric cars with a power grid that’s been obsolete for twenty-five years?
Still moving to Texas?
These crisis situations could have been avoided if companies would have stepped up and started working on their infrastructure long ago. And our law makers could have aided the process by implementing new laws forcing reluctant companies to do so. But no… instead everyone is running around, screaming and complaining about problems, potential and actual, but where’s the action to remedy the problems? From water and food shortages, to rolling blackouts and pandemics. Scary times we are living in…
How will people plug in Tesla?
America must increase weapon donations to ukraine instead of putting money on infra.🤣
it’s almost like the climate is changing. so weird
These Power Grids Have Not Stay-Up With The Changing Climate…Climate Change Is Not Stopping, Not When Human Consumption Is Part Of The Problem!!! Grids Are Old and Pushed To Stay On And Running!! We Are So Behind, In What We Need To Do.
Why is Texas the hardest hit by far?
Could it be that they are the only ones with their whole system privatized in such a way to avoid any federal regulation?
Again, corporate journalism missing the actual problem.
Texas needs to start building homes with basements and sub basements. Two level basements
Warmer in Winter and cooler in Summer
Yeah and then they want to hook up Tesla’s to the system too hahaha this will be fun.
Okay, so I work in the energy sector and I can tell you right now that if you want to secure the grid long term there are three things. Texas has to do to secure its energy needs long term.
1. Go back to a Regulated Energy Market Structure / 2. Build a lot of new nuclear plants (I say at least 24 GWe) / 3. Cap the reliance on wind and solar
Climate Change is a HOAX! Wake up.
In the future I actually might maybe be interested to work for the power company in my area in wisconsin to keep up the power and the electricity.
Who’s that Siren for hoe the government?
Hold up just a minute! I live here in DFW and we have not had power outages this summer. Most of what was said in this “news piece” was young reporters hyping drama with bits and pieces of truth about 2021 winter and white lies to fit the click bait narrative. The deep freeze of 2021 was very rare and will probably never happen again in my lifetime. People died so it’s a very serious matter but ERCOT and the state can’t afford to let that happen again which is why they are strengthening the electrical grid. It takes time and it’s not a band aide fix. The entire USA has an old, in need of repair electrical grid system that cannot support severe weather like the WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS, COAST TO PANHANDLE 20°F week long freeze. If we were New York or Minnesota, of course we’d have been prepared for the 2021 deep freeze. BUT WE’RE TEXAS AND TEXAS HAS NEVER EVER HAD STATEWIDE BELOW FREEZING WEATHER FOR THE WHOLE DANG STATE.