But its almost entirely just the Houston Metro without power at this point, not the rural areas. Density isn’t great, but it should be enough to justify given how frequent major storms are in the area and how costly all the shutdowns and repairs are.
yeah, I don’t really have the expertise to know. I thought flooding was an issue for buried lines? but I guess houston is no new orleans…
The good thing about above ground lines is they’re comparatively really easy to work on and repair. But that doesn’t help if like 100s or thousands of them are knocked out in one swoop I guess
With the May power outages (I think about 800-900k) it was a mixture: one area did have damage to the main HV lines from a tornado, which is why they took so long to get power to that region I think. But most people its just the local service lines that were the issue. I haven’t heard anything about damage to main HV lines this time, but I haven’t done an exhaustive search either.
high cost and lack of population density. I don’t think that’s really the worst part about TX’s grid though.
But its almost entirely just the Houston Metro without power at this point, not the rural areas. Density isn’t great, but it should be enough to justify given how frequent major storms are in the area and how costly all the shutdowns and repairs are.
yeah, I don’t really have the expertise to know. I thought flooding was an issue for buried lines? but I guess houston is no new orleans…
The good thing about above ground lines is they’re comparatively really easy to work on and repair. But that doesn’t help if like 100s or thousands of them are knocked out in one swoop I guess
Could be the flooding issue. Houston is built on a swamp…
It also might be way different if the main issue is HV transmission lines vs local service lines.
With the May power outages (I think about 800-900k) it was a mixture: one area did have damage to the main HV lines from a tornado, which is why they took so long to get power to that region I think. But most people its just the local service lines that were the issue. I haven’t heard anything about damage to main HV lines this time, but I haven’t done an exhaustive search either.