Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Rolling Power Outages

So ERCOT has declared a level 3 energy emergency and called for rolling blackouts to protect the overall grid. YAY!!! Not what I want to hear about with the house being 45 minutes away on a good day and the temp at 17 at the moment.
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  1. azdudeFebruary 2, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Interesting. Looks like College Station is doing 5-10 minute blackouts, and BTU is doing 20 minutes. Residential and commercial customers both. Is the University exempt?

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  2. TXGunGeekFebruary 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Not sure about the University getting hit. It would really suck to have the tunnel at 170Knots and lose the main motor and prop control. Could make for a VERY interesting time.

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  3. azdudeFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    Ross made the point that we're on the FAA circuit, and that's not likely to be taken down.

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