Anyone else receiving emails from their electric company saying they might need to do rolling blackouts this summer? I’ve been a customer for 20 years and never received this warning before.
Yupp. My state shutdown a nuclear power plant and didn't bother to replace it with any oner energy producing solutions other than some solar panels which legit do nothing.
Well, I live in TX and I signed a 3 yr contract January 2022 ‘fixed and bundled’ meaning the KWhr rate and Oncor charges are included at $0.12/KWhr and can’t change. I suppose they could still shut me down though - so there’s that. At least when running they shouldn’t be able to raise my rates for another 30 months.
Yes, and I did get one last year. I just bought a solar generator to keep my fridge going, because they say the blackout are only going to get worse this summer.
Anyone else receiving emails from their electric company saying they might need to do rolling blackouts this summer? I’ve been a customer for 20 years and never received this warning before.
It’s a new form of oppression.
Oh So GREEN. How many customers will rush out to buy small generators that run on gasoline to power their homes during the blackouts?
I just bought a propane burning generator for this summer. Too much meat in my freezer to leave it in the hands of these criminals.
Nice. If you have natural gas piped into your residence, you can get a conversion kit so the generator will run on propane or natural gas.
damn, that's genius.
That is assuming that the gas pumps also have electricity to run. I got a backup generator that also uses propane to counter this.
Yup. Emails warning of sudden and repeatedly blackouts. Never before have I witnessed such a thing
Yupp. My state shutdown a nuclear power plant and didn't bother to replace it with any oner energy producing solutions other than some solar panels which legit do nothing.
No, but I did get a notice that they were raising the rate by 40%.
Well, I live in TX and I signed a 3 yr contract January 2022 ‘fixed and bundled’ meaning the KWhr rate and Oncor charges are included at $0.12/KWhr and can’t change. I suppose they could still shut me down though - so there’s that. At least when running they shouldn’t be able to raise my rates for another 30 months.
Even with my 40% increase, I still have a better rate than you, fren. Yowsa! 😲
What state are you in?
They tested the rolling blackout concept in California and now trying to spread that garbage nationwide.
Yes, and I did get one last year. I just bought a solar generator to keep my fridge going, because they say the blackout are only going to get worse this summer.
Let them know they will be paying for your freezers full of food along with being sued if they try
Bingo.
Then someone on here wrote well to be fair they did this because of the storms.
My reply.
Under Trump for 4 years we never had any storms?
They used to do it in nyc in the 1980s, but only in the white neighborhoods.