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.

The order shows Acting Energy Secretary David Huizenga did not waive environmental restrictions to allow for maximum energy output, instead ordering ERCOT to utilize all resources in order to stay within acceptable emissions standards – including purchasing energy from outside the state.

“ERCOT anticipates that this Order may result in exceedance of emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, and carbon monoxide emissions, as well as wastewater release limits,” the order states. “To minimize adverse environmental impacts, this Order limits operation of dispatched units to the times and within the parameters determined by ERCOT for reliability purposes.”

Moreover, the order instructed an “incremental amount of restricted capacity” to be sold to ERCOT at “a price no lower than $1,500/MWh,” an increase of over 6,000 percent over February 2020 prices of $18.20.

On Wednesday, the Dallas Business Journal reported, “Electricity on the Texas grid has averaged about $1,137.33 per megawatt hour so far in February, up from $18.20 per megawatt hour in February 2020, according to data from the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas. That’s a jump of more than 6,000 percent.”

Days later, the Public Utility Commission of Texas set prices at $9,000/MWh.

The EO shows the Biden administration basically ordered ERCOT to throttle its energy output by forcing it to comply with environmental green energy standards, while knowing full well Texans could freeze to death in their homes with zero electricity as temperatures plunged into the single digits.



https://www.infowars.com/posts/smok...ncreasing-power-ahead-of-enduring-storm/

And which one of y’all will be the first to sue the administration? Wish I lived their I would!

Why did they comply?

This is an emergency, let them sanction and then take it to court.

Info wars...

And sportingspecialist.......

Read the order here:

Department of Energy
Order No. 202-21-1

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/f...ncy%20Order%20-%20ERCOT%2002.14.2021.pdf

Decide for yourself what the order requires.



https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1361715750768148482

Why did they shut down the coal plants, I though they burned clean now?

Stupid should hurt. Let the bastards freeze in the dark.

So you actually think that this is the fault of the Biden administration ? Dream on. Don't you realize that they are completely scandal free and will remain so for the foreseeable future? But don't take my word for it; just see what the MSM does with this. I'm sure it will come to light that it's probably due to some Trump era deregulation issue and it will all be Trump's fault. Because Joe and his team inherited this and any criticism against Joe is based on debunked hearsay and those who spread this disinformation will be branded as right wing agitators. ( insert sarcasm icon here).

Anyone that doesn't know that wasn't paying attention. Apparently, people STILL don't believe anything until the media says it.

Apparently neither of you were smart enough to follow the link and read the official paperwork provided.

The self appointed Smart Ones of the Fire display their ignorance once again.lol






https://www.scribd.com/document/495189508/DOE-202-c-Emergency-Order-ERCOT-02-14-2021

I read it and there's nothing in there that prevented ERCOT from using whatever generating sources they needed to maintain the reliability of the grid. The order limited them to using only what was necessary to maintain the grid, and if you read it, it was required by law because ERCOT had determined that they would exceed air quality standards. All the order did was limit them from continuing to use the extra generation and exceed air quality standards once the extra generation wasn't required to maintain the reliability of the grid.

Do you clowns really believe that if the federal government had caused the disaster in Texas, the only place you'd hear about it would be infowars and the 24hourcampfire?

And last but not least, it wasn't an executive order from Biden, but don't let that stand in the way of a good story.

Too funny.

That’s pretty much my take on it too, Smokepole.

All the order did was limit them from continuing to use the extra generation and exceed air quality standards once the extra generation wasn't required to maintain the reliability of the grid.
According to your statement Texas couldn't use extra generation if it exceeded air quality standards.This sounds like federal government regulation to me.

Do you clowns really believe that if the federal government had caused the disaster in Texas, the only place you'd hear about it would be infowars and the 24hourcampfire?
Of course not,the fake news will broadcast all of Dementia Joes Bidens mistakes just as they've done in the past.lol.They informed the American public of Hunter Biden's deal with Burisma and the funds he received from China.They also informed the American public of the contents of his laptop including the video of him smoking crack cocaine.They also displayed all the pictures of Hunter Biden standing among children with his robe open and naked beneath the robe.

Perhaps the Fake News will,at some time in the future,inform the American public that Hunter Biden received 83K a month for his expertise in energy exploration and development.We can certainly count on the Fake News to tell the American public the truth as you inferred.lol

Let's not ignore this part of ERCOT's statement:
To minimize adverse environmental impacts, this Order limits operation of dispatched units to the times and within the parameters determined by ERCOT for reliability purposes. Consistent with good utility practice, ERCOT shall exhaust all reasonably.

This reads like government regulation to me.Part of the green new deal the Demonrats want to inflict on this nation and also part of Biden's executives orders concerning false climate change which will cause as much pain and death as possible.

That dickhead is causing AMERICA'S catastrophe.

The whole schidteree reminds me of this old cartoon!

No, that's not what I said at all. The order allowed ERCOT to use the extra generation they needed to maintain the reliability of the grid, and acknowledged that the extra generation would exceed air quality standards.

It limited ERCOT from continuing to use the extra generation and exceeding air quality standards ONCE THE EMERGENCY WAS OVER.


But don't take my word for it. Read the damn order.

All of the executive orders,which were written for Biden before he was sworn in,are designed to make the U.S dependent upon foreign energy sources.Do you believe all of these orders damaging US energy production occurs in a vacuum?They're also designed to damage Texas because Texas is so much involved in the energy industry.

An industry that employs over 400,000 Texans and on average pays over $120,000,which is a lifeblood of the Texas economy.This is payback for Texas for daring to engage in energy production that isn't solely "green".



Joe Biden signs executive orders to cut US oil, gas and coal emissions.

ASHINGTON — In what would be the most ambitious U.S. effort ever to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive orders Wednesday.

The orders target federal subsidies for oil and other fossil fuels and halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters. They also intend to conserve 30 percent of the country’s lands and ocean waters in the next 10 years and move to an all-electric federal vehicle fleet.

Biden has set a goal of eliminating pollution from fossil fuel in the power sector by 2035 and from the U.S. economy overall by 2050, speeding what is already a market-driven growth of solar and wind energy and lessening the country’s dependence on oil and gas. The ambitious plan is aimed at slowing human-caused global warming that is magnifying extreme weather events such as deadly wildfires in the West and drenching rains and hurricanes in the East. But the rapid pace of change needed to stave off global warming also carries political risk for the president and Democrats overall.

In a change from previous administrations of both parties, Biden also is directing agencies to focus help and investment on the low-income and minority communities that live closest to polluting refineries and other hazards, and the oil- and coal-patch towns that face job losses as the U.S. moves to sharply increase its reliance on wind, solar and other other energy sources that do not emit climate-warming greenhouse gases.

The actions make clear that “both significant short-term global emission reductions and net-zero global emissions by mid-century – or before – are required to avoid setting the world on a dangerous, potentially catastrophic, climate trajectory,” the White House said in a statement before Biden signed the orders.

The orders are aimed at “revitalizing the U.S. energy sector, conserving our natural resources and leveraging them to help drive our nation toward a clean energy future,” the White House said, while “creating well-paying jobs … and delivering justice for communities who have been subjected to environmental harm.”

Biden also is elevating climate change to a national security priority. The conservation plan would set aside millions of acres for recreation, wildlife and climate efforts by 2030 as part of Biden’s campaign pledge for a $2 trillion program to slow global warming.

President Donald Trump, who ridiculed the science of climate change, withdrew the U.S. from the Paris global climate accord, opened more public lands to coal, gas and oil production and weakened regulation on fossil fuel emissions. Experts say these emissions are heating the Earth’s climate dangerously and worsening floods, droughts and other natural disasters.

Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb called the executive orders an “excellent start” for the week-old Biden administration.

“If this Day 7 momentum is representative of this administration’s 4-year term, there is every reason to believe that we might achieve carbon neutrality sooner than 2050,” even as key roadblocks lie ahead, Cobb said.

Biden and his supporters say the investment in cleaner energy national will net millions of jobs. But that probably will take years to happen, and the orders will face intense opposition from oil and gas and power plant industries, as well as from many Republican – and Democratic – lawmakers.

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, which represents oil and gas drillers in Western states, said the executive order is intended to delay drilling on federal lands to the point where it is no longer viable. Her group pledged a legal challenge.

“The environmental left is leading the agenda at the White House when it comes to energy and environment issues, she said. She noted that the freeze would be felt most acutely in states such as Wyoming, North Dakota, Texas and Louisiana – all won by Trump.

A 60-day suspension of new drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters was announced last week.

Biden is seeking to double energy production from offshore wind after the Trump administration slowed permit review of some giant offshore wind turbine projects.

Significantly, he is directing agencies to eliminate spending that acts as subsidies for fossil fuel industries.

“The fossil fuel industry has inflicted tremendous damage on the planet. The administration’s review, if done correctly, will show that filthy fracking and drilling must end for good, everywhere,” said Kierán Suckling, executive director at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group that has pushed for the drilling pause.

Oil industry groups slammed the move, saying Biden had already eliminated thousands of oil and gas jobs by killing the Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day in office.

“This is just the start. It will get worse,” said Brook Simmons, president of the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. “Meanwhile, the laws of physics, chemistry and supply and demand remain in effect. Oil and natural gas prices are going up, and so will home heating bills, consumer prices and fuel costs.”

A 60-day suspension order at the Interior Department did not limit existing oil and gas operations under valid leases, meaning activity would not come to a sudden halt on the millions of acres of lands in the West and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico where much drilling is concentrated. The freeze also is unlikely to affect existing leases. Its effect could be further blunted by companies that stockpiled enough drilling permits in Trump’s final months to allow them to keep pumping oil and gas for years.

The pause in onshore drilling is limited to federal lands and does not affect drilling on private lands, which is largely regulated by states.

It would exempt tribal lands, mainly in the West, that are used for energy production. The Interior Department will continue to consult with tribes on both renewable and conventional energy resources, “in conformance with the U.S. government’s trust responsibilities,” the White House said.

Oil and gas extracted from public lands and waters account for about a quarter of annual U.S. production. Extracting and burning those fuels generates the equivalent of almost 550 million tons (500 million metric tons) of greenhouse gases annually, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a 2018 study.

Under Trump, officials approved almost 1,400 permits on federal lands, primarily in Wyoming and New Mexico, over a three-month period that included the election, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data. Those permits, which remain valid, will allow companies to continue drilling for years, potentially undercutting Biden’s climate agenda.

Biden will direct all U.S. agencies to use science and evidence-based decision-making in federal rule-making and announce a U.S.-hosted climate leaders summit on Earth Day, April 22.


https://worldnewsera.com/news/coron...rs-to-cut-us-oil-gas-and-coal-emissions/

I live in Texas and know that we have let our base line power generation infrastructure degrade while spending money on unreliable "renewable energy" projects for the last several years. FACT!

We know the problem and how to fix it. We shall see if we have the gumption to do so. Based on recent performance, I am concerned.

But to what executive order by Biden to you refer?

The fictitious one.

rte: This is why quoting BS stories from infowars is a bad thing. What you quoted above is a real executive order that will have real consequences. The left, AOC, and green new dealers have enough really bad ideas and initiatives that there's no need to make stuff up.

Using infowwars, "Q," and the like as sources for the truth just erodes credibility of conservative causes.

FACT: is you all did nothing in '89, or 2011 to winterize your power plants, guess 3rd strike is a winner...

Phil

I am convinced there IS a conspiracy theory mill, and it churns out BS to mask the truth behind a smokescreen of impenetrable misinformation and nonsense. They've been doing this for years. Don't ask me who "they" are, suffice it to say that there are forces in existence whose goals are generally known but keep themselves somewhat well concealed. I'd identify them as the Old Money who lost a good deal of their power over mankind when city-states arose and democracy began to gain influence. They've been working toward their goal for 1400 years or longer, and they are the same people who are behind the drive to erase the southern US border in this age.

Since Texas voted red in 2020, maybe this is a little payback from the current admin.?.?.?

What I gleaned from the OP's story was the quotes from Greg Abbot's declared state of disaster and his request to not restrict their energy output.ERCOT,which appears to be some sort of green organization,issued statements that indicated they would adhere to federal air quality standards regardless of the emergency.This information was in his links.

It also stated that the Acting Energy Secretary David Huizenga, acting on behalf of the Biden administration,refused to waive environmental regulations to allow for more generation of power.This is perhaps the reason the OP laid the blame at the doorstep of Dementia Joe Biden.

I really don't care what source some members use as long as they inform on issues of which the fake news refuses to report.

Seems every time POTUS Trump issued an EO there was some leftaaaard shill in the courts that would halt implementation of the EO. Where are all the "conservative" judges that were confirmed by the republican senate during the Trump administration that could perhaps throttle china Joe's flurry of EOs?

If we had a congress and court system that actually did anything, EOs would not be so prevalent.

That is incorrect. I think you should go back and read it.

This. It's time for some new natural gas/ nuclear power plants here in Texas. Screw whoever doesn't like them.

It's a lot simpler than that. It's so simple that it's baffling more people haven't figured it out. These people make their living off websites, and the websites bring in revenue based on the traffic they generate. The more outrageous the "headline" the more traffic it generates and the more people like the OP will pick it up and re-post it, generating more clicks and more revenue.

The simple truth is not a good revenue-generator.

Self-inflicted by ERCOT, and the "T" stands for Texas.

Imagine that. In the guise of "public safety", a whole bunch of people are needlessly harmed. How? Why? Government is good!

Retard.

No it is time to reopen the most reliable power generating plants, the coal fired ones. Natural gas has problems with freezing and Nuke plants need a lot of water which also can freeze forcing them to shut down.

What do you think produces the electricity in coal fired plants????

Phil

He's talking about the huge amounts of cooling water nuke plants need, not the steam that everyone knows runs turbines.

LOL, great "retort." Telling though, that's it's all you've got.

"Natural gas has problems with freezing." What a stroke of genius, that must be why no northern states or Canada use natural gas, eh?

It's like saying "indoor plumbing is a bad idea, because water pipes can freeze like they did in Texas."

It's time to just get a big old heaping stack of coal and tell the regulators to F off .

Totally untrue i was up in Canada little over a year ago traveled most of the province of Alberta. Canada is doing just the opposite of what you said. They are closing Coal fired plants.

In a couple years only natural gas will exist in Canada. They are more than half way thru shutting down all the coal fired plants.

The bottom line as I see it is:
Oil, gas and coal are not mined, drilled and processed in America because it causes air pollution. BUT, it's OK to cause other places in the word air pollution because they are making up for what we are NOT producing. In the end, there is the same amount of air pollutants released into the air, but it's just not in America. It becomes someone else's problem. NONE the less, it's still federal government interference in the market systems. Both ours and someone else's.

kwg

I hear the President might go to Texas next week. Really, next week. I heard this today on the news.
I can hear Joe now. hdf kjdn jdbf kfnjh ... Trump left me with bkdjjkwd kjbebkmmn ...

I thought, he's not going to Texas. He can not carry on a conversion.

I think the amount of air pollution gets worse, because there are NO environmental laws in many of the countries that are to be picking up the US's slack. It then becomes a worldwide issue as that air pollution doesn't just stay put in a particular country's legal airspace.

this happened under biden.....its his fault......the slow response happened under biden...its his fault...


he has the blood of texans on his hands.....see how that works.....from now on biden is at fault...and that will be my reply to anything bad that happens....

anything good that happens the response will be....thats because trump set it up for him....fuucck the demos pos.....bob

According to the NY Post, blaming green energy for Texas electrical problems is not accurate.

Here's the problem:
"Unlike the rest of the continental US, Texas is the only state to run its own stand-alone electricity grid — formed because of a distrust of federal interference, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

That means the grid, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), is not subject to federal oversight — and could not be forced to weatherize before the historic storm that left millions without power.

The unique structure also makes it impossible for most of the Lone Star State to connect to other grids, unlike other states that are able to draw power from elsewhere during a crisis.

“They don’t have the infrastructure connected outside of Texas that might allow them to bring in imports of energy,” a source familiar with ERCOT and electric markets told the Associated Press."

https://nypost.com/2021/02/17/texas-power-outages-fault-of-unique-supply-not-green-energy/

Me too. Biden is still a worthless POS though.

Yep. But to really think air pollution can do major things for the most part is nuts to me. Its been around so long we'd have seen the disaster by now. But when Kerry and Gore et al have said in X years IE 2000 etc... things would be under water, planet on fire from suns heat and so on and nothing happens other than normal ebb and flow of the climate....