Timothy56 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 How many of you are being shut down for a period of time by your electric company? Just got a call from our local power company. McLean Electric that Western Area Power will be shutting down substations for 45 minutes then move to the next. No time was given when this will start but it is thru Thursday. There are 8-10( not sure without looking) substations for this coop. Wonder where our power is going? There is Hydro power from Garrison Dam and 5 coal fired plants within 50 miles of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Electric heat. Furnaces running non stop. Space heaters. People working from home this winter that were not last year. Just a few things off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 -29 Fahrenheit dosent help matters much . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearclash Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Heard this morning that the Sioux Falls area is experiencing rolling blackouts so the power can be diverted to TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermpuller Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Looked up Texas problem. Most of the plants that went off-line were fueled by coal, natural gas and nuclear power. 40 percent of Texas electricity comes from natural gas fired plants followed by wind turbins 23 percent, coal 18 percent and nuclear power 11 percent. I say maintenance and no up dates over many years is the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihrondiesel Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Sending power down south where there is suddenly much more demand. Go coal! Maybe the Capitol Office buildings in DC should be the first place hit with blackouts. Look what happened when rioters showed up there, they quickly decided F— the Police wasn’t in their best interests. Maybe if we cut their power we could get a couple more coal and nuclear plants built by the end of the week. I’m sitting at a truck stop right now waiting to hear if I can load cattle because Omaha has rolling blackouts affecting the beef plants. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.c.farmerboy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I know it's a big expence but having a gen set or a big gas drive sure can help keep Mama happy in time like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihrondiesel Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 minutes ago, supermpuller said: Looked up Texas problem. Most of the plants that went off-line were fueled by coal, natural gas and nuclear power. 40 percent of Texas electricity comes from natural gas fired plants followed by wind turbins 23 percent, coal 18 percent and nuclear power 11 percent. I say maintenance and no up dates over many years is the problem Could be part of the problem, you are correct. As per your numbers, the 23% of power coming from wind turbines may also be unavailable right now if they are being affected by ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Just starting to run my ups labels this morning and poof. Lost power. Lyon REC said possibly this afternoon again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Gotta LOVE green energy and global whatever they call it this week!!!!!!! It doesn't help that the upper midwest has a LOT of windmills that haven't turned a blade for almost a week due to a lack of wind! (How often does that happen???) Back going this morning... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxmagnum Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Just wait until everyone also needs to charge their electric cars!! Wonderful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Sending it south I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinSD Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 So far things have been fine around here, though the co-op did have a brief planned outage this morning, said on the radio that they were switching feed from east to west, as more power was available there. Fortunately I heat with a wood stove, but would still rather not be out of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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