Rolling Blackouts.....Are we getting a glimpse into the future?

I have been very critical over the last several months about Texas and other states putting more and more of their "power eggs" in one basket.

Well, today we are getting our first glimpse of windmill and solar power problems that I and others have been predicting.  We keep building (via subsidy) these antiquated forms of power generation that cannot respond to demand issues that modern power consumers require. 

Today, because of a deep dipping cold front, the entire state of Texas is experiencing rolling blackouts.  Pre-arranged outages because the state power grid cannot handle the amount of power that is required to keep your home or business operating. 

Do not be fooled friends, these blackouts are being caused by lack of sufficient power production to meet demand.  Some are saying the blackouts are being caused by some plants being down for maintenance.  Well, maintenance is figured into demand requirements.  Texas no longer has the power production that can meet demand.  It really is that simple.

Are we going to continue to dump millions and billions in windmills and solar power?  Are we going to tell future manufacturing companies and other business, "Well, we can give you power, ugh, at least until it gets really cold, or really hot.  Then we will cut you off for a few days off and on until we get back to normal."

When was the last real power plant built in Texas?  

We are building wind farms like crazy.  As of the end of 2009 Texas had 76 wind plants comprising 9.1 percent of overall Texas electricity capacity. In 2005, Texas adopted a RPS which required the state to have 5,880 MW of total renewable capacity in place by 2015, and 10,000 MW by 2025.

For some more information, check out this link:  http://www.aweo.org/problemwithwind.html

Here is just one sample from that link:

Despite their being cited as the shining example of what can be accomplished with wind power, the Danish government has cancelled plans for three offshore wind farms planned for 2008 and has scheduled the withdrawal of subsidies from existing sites. Development of onshore wind plants in Denmark has effectively stopped. Because Danish companies dominate the wind industry, however, the government is under pressure to continue their support. Spain began withdrawing subsidies in 2002. Germany reduced the tax breaks to wind power, and domestic construction drastically slowed in 2004. Switzerland also is cutting subsidies as too expensive for the lack of significant benefit. The Netherlands decommissioned 90 turbines in 2004. Many Japanese utilities severely limit the amount of wind-generated power they buy, because of the instability they cause. For the same reason, Ireland in December 2003 halted all new wind-power connections to the national grid. In early 2005, they were considering ending state support. In 2005, Spanish utilities began refusing new wind power connections. In 2006, the Spanish government ended -- by emergency decree -- its subsidies and price supports for big wind. In 2004, Australia reduced the level of renewable energy that utilities are required to buy, dramatically slowing wind-project applications. On August 31, 2004, Bloomberg News reported that "the unstable flow of wind power in their networks" has forced German utilities to buy more expensive energy, requiring them to raise prices for the consumer.
Why doesn't the government look at the history of these wind farms before forcing us to use them?  Someone is getting rich, and I bet the initials are GE.  Yep the same GE that has their CEO working for the Obama administration.

And you all thought Halliburton was bad under the Bush administration.  Well, Halliburton never caused rolling blackouts in Texas.

Listen in tomorrow as we will be taking calls and listening to your issues on this matter.