I heard so take that with a grain of salt. I heard that Texas is a Texas only power grid. They are not connected to other grids so they cannot buy power from Georgia Power or other providers that have excess capacity. The report also said the natural gas that feeds the steam plants that feeds the turbines was not properly insulated or had heaters to keep the lines from freezing. Frozen natural gas cannot make steam to make electricity. You can buy heaters for wind turbine blades but why you you want to spend that money when we never have ice storms? I think Germany was having issues with snow covered solar panels not working. No heaters on solar panels.
Georgia had similar issues in that the road departments had few plows, no salt, brine or gravel/sand staged. A few ice/snow storms that "We never get" and the road departments started building huts to stage gravel/sand and maybe some salt. I do not know that they have dug out those reserves but they did spread some brine recently when there was a chance of freezing rain. Planning for not likely events costs money many departments/companies/cities/counties/states do not want to spend. In 1977 or 1978 we had a rain/snow storm in Cleveland Ohio that shut us down for a few days as the rain turned to ice and the temps got too cold for rack salt to work. I do not think we were into sand/gravel back then so we had to wait a few days to warm up for the salt to work. Cleveland does not stop for 6 inches of snow or even a foot of snow. It may slow down but not stop. Ice storm and less than 10F weather is another story.
I have lived in Georgia since 1983. Three ice/snow events of significance to me in 37 years. Those events were gone in 2 days. I bought a used generator over a decade ago after we were without electricity for over 24 hours when it was cold out. Always smart to buy a generator after you needed it. I have never used the generator for house power as that was the only time we have been out of power for long. Problem with having that generator is my truck, tractor and car run on diesel. I only have a few gallons of gasoline on hand at any one time. I used to have a gasoline truck I could steal gas for the generator.
No wood stove in my house. Sometimes I get nervous and wonder about getting one.
Georgia had similar issues in that the road departments had few plows, no salt, brine or gravel/sand staged. A few ice/snow storms that "We never get" and the road departments started building huts to stage gravel/sand and maybe some salt. I do not know that they have dug out those reserves but they did spread some brine recently when there was a chance of freezing rain. Planning for not likely events costs money many departments/companies/cities/counties/states do not want to spend. In 1977 or 1978 we had a rain/snow storm in Cleveland Ohio that shut us down for a few days as the rain turned to ice and the temps got too cold for rack salt to work. I do not think we were into sand/gravel back then so we had to wait a few days to warm up for the salt to work. Cleveland does not stop for 6 inches of snow or even a foot of snow. It may slow down but not stop. Ice storm and less than 10F weather is another story.
I have lived in Georgia since 1983. Three ice/snow events of significance to me in 37 years. Those events were gone in 2 days. I bought a used generator over a decade ago after we were without electricity for over 24 hours when it was cold out. Always smart to buy a generator after you needed it. I have never used the generator for house power as that was the only time we have been out of power for long. Problem with having that generator is my truck, tractor and car run on diesel. I only have a few gallons of gasoline on hand at any one time. I used to have a gasoline truck I could steal gas for the generator.
No wood stove in my house. Sometimes I get nervous and wonder about getting one.
