"More than a half-million homes and businesses in #Texas remained without... - A place for Texans

jrefior, 22 days ago

"More than a half-million homes and businesses in #Texas remained without electricity by midday Saturday"
https://apnews.com/article/houston-texas-storms-power-outages-86643a6d7decd28e971774e03b52e51d

"There’s a cacophony of signs, traffic lanes, hedges and small buildings. And it just layers to a vibrant but chaotic environment that is hard to describe.. This area is pretty typical of Houston, a driver’s city with no zoning restrictions."
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/10/02/inside-houstons-vibrant-but-chaotic-strip-mall-economy/

"The western zone of greater #Houston had 10,000 new home starts in 2023"
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/26/new-home-market-booming-houston-suburbs/

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jrefior, 22 days ago

"power plants do annual maintenance in April. That takes thousands of megawatts offline, making it harder for the grid to handle a burst of heat..."

It wasn't particularly hot in Texas in April, but the electricity grid was strained.. "Thanks to crypto mining, data centers, electric vehicles, manufacturing, and more people moving to the state," plus global warming.

"If it’s bad now, what the heck will summer be like?"
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/04/16/texas-electric-grid-is-feeling-the-strain-and-its-not-even-all-that-hot-yet/
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#Texas #ClimateChange #ERCOT #energy

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