Posted on 02/03/2011 7:14:31 PM PST by dragnet2
Mexico said Thursday it was temporarily suspending an offer to provide electricity to Texas to help the U.S. state weather an ice storm that forced rolling blackouts,
Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission had said Wednesday it had agreed to transmit 280 megawatts of electricity to Texas.
But on Thursday, the commission said it was temporarily suspending the transfer because below-freezing temperatures in northern Mexico
In Texas, rolling blackouts have been implemented, including in Super Bowl host city Dallas, due to high demand during the rare ice storm.
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The extension cord wasn’t long enough to reach?
So much for Made in Mexico !!!!!
Get out some fans and make those windmills turn.
Power out 3 times today! Nice to be living in a 3rd world country!
Arrrrg!
Libs loved it...experiment in rationing...
Because of your power outages we don’t have enough natural gas in the pipelines in NM. We have whole cities doing without gas.
It seems the compressor stations can’t compress the gas w/o electricity.
Let THIS be a lesson to those foolish enough to buy electric cars! You will be STRANDED, unable to charge the battery, when the rolling blackouts hit YOUR neck of the woods!
How bad is it when Mexico won't even give ya power?
My state would lend ya some, but we only have about 12 volts left.
I’ll do without before I take their electric. POT!
Maybe they could haul a Honda generator around, full of gas, in the passenger seat.
http://seco.cpa.state.tx.us/ Texas Wind Energy.
Thanks for the thought Mexico but we don’t want it, we have enough from you!
It seems the compressor stations can’t compress the gas w/o electricity.
No Gas and 20 below over night in northern NM
Mexican Cold Wave Chills Population, Rivals Records
Get your generators and gas now. One of the coldest weeks ever in US history is right around the corner.
Hey, good idea...I can get one of those electric cars and put me a gas powered generator in the back seat to power it.....I’ll be set!
Some of you smart alecks may enjoy making snarky comments, but the situation here in Texas is extremely unusual and it’s not fun.
This extreme cold isn’t just in the Panhandle or North Texas, where it can happen (but not for this long) most winters. This time, it extends all the way to the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico. The coast is even under a winter storm warning tonight.
We’re short on electricity primarily because the cold weather not only has increased demand, but also knocked out four major generating stations.
“Dallas-based Luminant, the state’s largest power generator, had two coal-fired and two natural gas-fired generating units knocked out at its Oak Grove and Sandow plants in Central Texas.
Those units represented ‘a little less than half’ of the more than 7,000 megawatts of generating capacity sidelined statewide, said Lisa Singleton, a spokeswoman for Energy Future Holdings, the parent company of Luminant.
‘It was extreme weather conditions, the extreme cold, that caused the units to experience mechanical issues,’ she said. ‘We’re working to bring them back up as quickly and safely as we can.’
Examples of weather-related problems contributing to breakdowns were burst water pipes and frozen external transmitters — devices that monitor temperature, pressure and other elements of power plant operations.”
Frankly, the Mexicans need to take care of their own needs first and I don’t blame them for withdrawing the offer as the cold air moved farther south. I’m just hoping for no broken pipes when we finally get above freezing this weekend.
The answer to your question is in Post #16.
Make all the jokes you want, it’s not real funny to those of us who are iced in and to the farmers in the Rio Grande Valley.
Do you always ridicule those in need?
Just stop at the station and fill up the generator. Problem solved. (Greenies are so stupid)
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