Screw ERCOT and the PUC
We need to get rid of ERCOT and the PUC and then let the free market distribute energy. While this crisis during the icestorm would have been much worse had we been fully regulated (we would have had long blackouts, not just brownouts) ERCOT really screwed the pooch on this one and gave the uneducated liberals a talking point on how deregulation failed, even though we’re not truly deregulated.
Please explain how ERCOT screwed the pooch on this one.
In just 20 short years, we've watched our borders turn into a violent lawless free for all, our standard of living, our infrastructure and economy nose dive into the ground, our foreign policies and free trade completely fail and a street level Communist from Chicago is now enjoying a cigarette and having a belly laugh up in the White House...
wow....
“gave the uneducated liberals a talking point on how deregulation failed, even though we’re not truly deregulated.”
I think that conservatives should use the blackouts as a lesson about the dangers of green energy, control of energy production by unaccountable individuals (environmentalists and politicians). The left somehow forced ERCOT to drop investments in new coal power plants and switch to wind power and far flung transmission lines.
We are on “Day-Ahead pricing”, a slight shift to the “Real-Time pricing” you’ve heard about.
Our family has learned to shift usage to cheaper times, and throughout the year, our bills are always cheaper. We run the air conditioner all night, then minimize it until prices reduce.
http://www.powersmartpricing.com
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We need to get rid of ERCOT and the PUC and then let the free market distribute energy. While this crisis during the icestorm would have been much worse had we been fully regulated (we would have had long blackouts, not just brownouts) ERCOT really screwed the pooch on this one and gave the uneducated liberals a talking point on how deregulation failed, even though we’re not truly deregulated.”
Something similar happened in Californian the liberals made sure they did a half ass job in deregulation so that what remained could be used by them and other criminals to abuses the system.
That being said given the extortionately unusual weather conditions in Texas you need to cut them some slack. No system can endure this.
The problem is, why would a business, interested in making maximum profit, build a power infrastructure to support worst case situation? 99.99% of the time they would have over capacity.
If the consumer is allowed to select their electric provider they will choice the lowest cost source which will be the one that does not pay for the capability to support these situations.