Images: Texans Froze To Death Because Biden Admin Ordered ERCOT To Throttle Energy Output By Forcing

[mystery-ak]

Images: Texans Froze To Death Because Biden Admin Ordered ERCOT To Throttle Energy Output By Forcing It To Comply With Environmental Green Energy Standards



 February 20, 2021 George Rowe

The White House said on Thursday a severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event that climate change is triggering, rejecting assertions by Texas officials that “green energy” caused widespread power outages.

The crisis in the largest U.S. oil- and gas-producing state has put Democratic President Joe Biden’s White House squarely at odds with Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who initially did not acknowledge Biden’s 2020 election win.

Abbott had ordered state officials in January to fight Biden’s push here to combat climate change by pausing new oil and gas leases, and cutting fossil fuel subsidies.

Biden spoke with Abbott late on Thursday, promising the federal government would continue to work with state and local authorities to meet the critical needs of those affected, the White House said in a statement. Biden also said he would instruct additional federal agencies to look into immediate steps that could be taken to help Texans.

But Biden’s “America last” agenda was again on full display.

After Texas Gov Abbott declared a state of emergency back on Feb 12 Biden administration ordered ERCOT to throttle energy output by forcing it to comply with environmental green energy standards, knowing full well Texans could freeze to death in their homes with zero electricity as temperatures plunged into the single digits.
Going into effect Sunday, Feb. 14, Emergency Order 202-21-1 shows the Energy Dept. was aware of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide disaster declaration and that ERCOT was readying gas utilities in preparation for a demand surge.

Here’s Abbott order:



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[Texas Yellow Rose]

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[thackney]

This is false info.  We have covered it in a couple other threads.  The restrictions for emission was lifted the same day it was requested.  I'll search for the link.

@PeteS in CA

[Elderberry]

Facebook declares the page above to be against "Community Standards" and will not allow it to be shared.

Doesn't affect me, as I have a Facebook Brick Wall on my machine.

[roamer_1]

Doesn't affect me, as I have a Facebook Brick Wall on my machine.

Funny thing... I was txting my brother the other day, and three times used the term 'Faceboot'... When the txt sent, it changed it to 'Facebook'... Not autocorrect - the last time I made DANG sure it said 'Faceboot'... Hit send... Still 'Facebook' once sent.

 

[thackney]

This article is so messed.  The picture of the document from Depart of Energy they show is lifting the restrictions to generate as needed.

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2021/02/f82/DOE%20202%28c%29%20Emergency%20Order%20-%20ERCOT%2002.14.2021.pdf

[PeteS in CA]

This is false info.  We have covered it in a couple other threads.  The restrictions for emission was lifted the same day it was requested.  I'll search for the link.

@PeteS in CA

  Is this what you were hoping I'd find, @thackney?

 https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2021/02/f82/DOE%20202%28c%29%20Emergency%20Order%20-%20ERCOT%2002.14.2021.pdf

If one reads all the way to the bottom - the part the images above cut off - one will find that the US Department of Energy granted ERCOT's request, the same day the request was submitted.

[thackney]

Is this what you were hoping I'd find, @thackney?

 https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2021/02/f82/DOE%20202%28c%29%20Emergency%20Order%20-%20ERCOT%2002.14.2021.pdf

If one reads all the way to the bottom - the part the images above cut off - one will find that the US Department of Energy granted ERCOT's request, the same day the request was submitted.

Thank you

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Anybody ask the question yet on why Texas needs to ask permission of anyone to save Texan citizens from freezing anyway?

[PeteS in CA]

Anybody ask the question yet on why Texas needs to ask permission of anyone to save Texan citizens from freezing anyway?

The requirement applies to any state in any situation where it could be anticipated that increasing the power from any power generation facility for any purpose would exceed Federal pollution regulations.

[RetBobbyMI]

The requirement applies to any state in any situation where it could be anticipated that increasing the power from any power generation facility for any purpose would exceed Federal pollution regulations.

If the Republic of Texas were to secede from the union, the rest of the US would have hell to pay if they need energy, that they’re now stealing.

[LegalAmerican]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmT5J9rlI6A&feature=emb_logo

[thackney]

If the Republic of Texas were to secede from the union, the rest of the US would have hell to pay if they need energy, that they’re now stealing.

Stealing?  I've made very good money most of my life because of the flow of cash from energy purchases.  Ultimately the buying customer paid those wages.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Stealing?  I've made very good money most of my life because of the flow of cash from energy purchases.  Ultimately the buying customer paid those wages.

Stealing is the correct word if one has to suffer from onerous regulations from outside the state.

Think about how much more money you would have made if the energy companies that extracted oil from Texas did not have the EPA or federal ethanol mandates or the federal corporate taxes to deal with.

You had that potential income stolen from you and shareholders, not to mention taxpayers.

And I mentioned what Carter did to us years ago - theft from price controls.

[thackney]

Stealing is the correct word if one has to suffer from onerous regulations from outside the state.

Think about how much more money you would have made if the energy companies that extracted oil from Texas did not have the EPA or federal ethanol mandates or the federal corporate taxes to deal with.

You had that potential income stolen from you and shareholders, not to mention taxpayers.

And I mentioned what Carter did to us years ago - theft from price controls.

The only stealing of energy I saw this past week in Texas was by Abbott stealing control of gas owned by others.

[PeteS in CA]

Stealing is the correct word if one has to suffer from onerous regulations from outside the state.
...

That debate was decided five decades ago, and that is the arena in which it would have to be resurrected. A problem that was significant, if not decisive, at the time in the decision to regulate Federally was that the pollution produced by a source within a state often/usually does not stay within that state.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The only stealing of energy I saw this past week in Texas was by Abbott stealing control of gas owned by others.

That is false.

When federal regulations, mandates and taxes inhibit or prevent a company from developing or producing more resources, then it is theft.

And that is exactly what is being done right now.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

That debate was decided five decades ago, and that is the arena in which it would have to be resurrected. A problem that was significant, if not decisive, at the time in the decision to regulate Federally was that the pollution produced by a source within a state often/usually does not stay within that state.

With that definition, not a nation on earth is considered sovereign to govern its own affairs.

[XenaLee]

Images: Texans Froze To Death Because Biden Admin Ordered ERCOT To Throttle Energy Output By Forcing It To Comply With Environmental Green Energy Standards

Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Enduring Storm

By Adan Salazar

A week before, Texas begged for help and asked for DOE to lift federal regulations barring state’s energy output.

An Emergency Order from the Biden administration’s Department of Energy shows Texas energy grid operator ERCOT was instructed to stay within green energy standards by purchasing energy from outside the state at a higher cost, throttling power output throughout the state ahead of a catastrophic polar vortex.

Going into effect Sunday, Feb. 14, Emergency Order 202-21-1 shows the Energy Dept. was aware of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide disaster declaration and that ERCOT was readying gas utilities in preparation for a demand surge.

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https://yournews.com/2021/02/19/2033550/joe-bidens-dept-of-energy-blocked-texas-from-increasing-power/

[PeteS in CA]

Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Enduring Storm

By Adan Salazar

A week before, Texas begged for help and asked for DOE to lift federal regulations barring state’s energy output.

An Emergency Order from the Biden administration’s Department of Energy shows Texas energy grid operator ERCOT was instructed to stay within green energy standards by purchasing energy from outside the state at a higher cost, throttling power output throughout the state ahead of a catastrophic polar vortex.

Going into effect Sunday, Feb. 14, Emergency Order 202-21-1 shows the Energy Dept. was aware of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide disaster declaration and that ERCOT was readying gas utilities in preparation for a demand surge.

More...
https://yournews.com/2021/02/19/2033550/joe-bidens-dept-of-energy-blocked-texas-from-increasing-power/

This is false. As I posted above:

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2021/02/f82/DOE%20202%28c%29%20Emergency%20Order%20-%20ERCOT%2002.14.2021.pdf

If one reads all the way to the bottom - the part the images above cut off - one will find that the US Department of Energy granted ERCOT's request, the same day the request was submitted.

[RetBobbyMI]

This is false. As I posted above:

DOE may have granted authority, but EPA didn't.  Thus the complexity and foolishness of over reaching federal goverment regulations.

[txradioguy]

Anybody ask the question yet on why Texas needs to ask permission of anyone to save Texan citizens from freezing anyway?

I'm not sure what the limits are in other states, but from what I've read, fossil fuel power station in Texas are limited to 60% of their total generating capacity. Can't remember if that's an edict from the DoD or the EPA.

[XenaLee]

I'm not sure what the limits are in other states, but from what I've read, fossil fuel power station in Texas are limited to 60% of their total generating capacity. Can't remember if that's an edict from the DoD or the EPA.

So much for "states rights".

[thackney]

I'm not sure what the limits are in other states, but from what I've read, fossil fuel power station in Texas are limited to 60% of their total generating capacity. Can't remember if that's an edict from the DoD or the EPA.

Not true

[txradioguy]

Not true

So everything I read this weekend...the various stories were all completely false?  I find that very hard to believe.