Alex Epstein

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

The Feb 2021 blackouts in TX show how dangerous “reliability chicken” can be. TX’s grid planners hoped it wouldn’t get very cold and that the wind wouldn’t falter too much so their lack of reliable capacity (and resiliency investment) wouldn’t be exposed. But hoping doesn’t work. https://t.co/QMRKWYAjOM — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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Decreasing reliable capacity as demand increases is “reliability chicken”: trying to get away with minimal reliable capacity, then hoping the weather cooperates—not increasing demand by getting too hot or too cold, and not decreasing supply by being too cloudy or too calm. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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The 2020 blackouts in CA also show the danger of “reliability chicken.” CA retired lot of in-state reliable electric generation capacity and hoped that favorable weather conditions and other available imports from other states would save them. Again, hoping doesn’t work. https://t.co/5SV6qr0muq — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022