Reliance on 'Green" energy comes back to haunt Texas in heat wave

 Houston Chronicle:

As Texas' power grid operator once again asks Texans to conserve power on one of the hottest days of the year, Mayor Sylvester Turner ordered city departments to prepare backup generators in the event that the power fails in the city.

Temperatures are expected to rise to the low 100s in the Houston metro Monday and higher further north, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service in League City. The heat index, or "feels like" temperatures when factoring sunlight and humidity, will be even higher. The agency issued an excessive heat warning for counties to the northwest of Harris County, while communities from Huntsville to Galveston are under a heat advisory.

Despite the heat, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)—the government body in charge of the state's independent power grid that failed during the February 2021 winter storm, leaving hundreds of people dead—is asking residents across its jurisdiction to conserve power between 2 and 8 p.m. Monday, when temperatures are set to peak.

The council suggests raising your thermostat by a few degrees and forgo running major appliances. ERCOT authorities said no system-wide outages are expected.

Hours after ERCOT issued their warning late Sunday, Mayor Turner issued a statement asking city departments to prepare their generators.
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Reliance on wind and solar energy is a direct threat to Texans in extreme weather regardless of whether it is cold or hot.  Big Green is at best a supplemental source of energy during normal weather conditions.  It is not there when it is needed the most.  The grid needs to be built to keep this in mind and have adequate fossil fuel sources for extreme weather.  Texas certainly has the fossil fuel resources and it needs to make sure they are available when needed.

See, also:

ERCOT warning: 5 electricity blackout risks facing the entire U.S., not just Texas

And:

 The revolt against green tyranny has toppled its first government, as farmers’ protests spread across Europe

From Sri Lanka to Europe Big Green is now on the defensive. 

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