Are there any statistics on the deterioration of reliability or have they managed to mangle the way data is collected badly enough under the ERCOT structure that a before/after reliability comparison is impossible? I thought that Texas was pretty much on its own grid. How do the Feds play in the this game? I was ready to blame it all on Texas mismanagement.VMI77 wrote:That's the way many of us in the industry see it too --at least those of us who work on the reliability side --and some of us fully expect to see continued reductions in reliability, both as a result of the "market" design, and increasing Federal regulatory interference, ironically, in the name of "reliability" (and I say "name" because it's a reliability charade).Mike1951 wrote:Bottom line as I see it: When HL&P generated power and sent it to HL&P customers over HL&P transmission lines and I paid my bill to HL&P, there were no issues and the service was great.
I had some first hand experience with one of the power providers. They maintained a very large call center at the time whose major mission seemed to be dealing with their own customers who had been inaccurately disconnected because the billing system couldn't keep account payments straight. It is one thing to loose power under emergency conditions and wholly another thing to have someone yank the meter out of my house when I had paid all my bills on time but they couldn't post them to my account correctly. I cannot imagine how the Feds would be involved in that but what do I know?