Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t JoNova; Aussie Federal MP Keith Pitt has urged the coal rich Queensland State Government to disconnect from the national grid, to stop demand from states which make “poor decisions” from driving up electricity prices when their renewable systems fail to deliver.
Imagine if states like California were cut off from their imported power, if they had to generate their own reliable electricity.
Critics of Keith Pitt’s plan have suggested that coal rich Queensland only built all that capacity because they service demand from other states.
But looking at the Energy Action website, it seems likely that by servicing demand from the renewable heavy grids of other states, Queensland may be importing some of their electricity price volatility.
As the recent WUWT BlueScope Steel article demonstrates, messing up your electricity grid with virtue signalling renewables, even indirectly, has real economic consequences.
Before entering politics Federal MP Keith Pitt was an electrical engineer.
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Here’s a quick peek at recent operations of the QNI
http://nemlog.com.au/interconnector/qni/
They do have some small scale import from NSW at times, but the link goes to maximum export, with price differentials between regions moving up sharply. A view of supply and price within Queensland:
http://nemlog.com.au/region/qld/
Let reality verses virtue-signalling begin!
But hey let’s not just cut Victoria and NSW off from electrons subsidized by QLD bill payers, let’s do the same to all the renewables fans. Take them all off the QLD grid supply and out of QLD bill-payer’s wallets and purses!
Make them buy a generator and fuel for it to cover the shortfall, or else buy their own batteries, with their own coin! They can all get a dose of real, ‘reality’.
it should be fine too, given renewables work so well, are so affordable, so competitive, and so capable of saving the world.
Great idea Mr Pitt!
From Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome:
‘Embargo On!!’
I would love to disconnect Oregon from California but good luck. Back in the early 2000’s (?) with the whole Enron thing California’s grid became very unstable with rolling blackouts and spiking electrical prices. Oregon tried cutting California off because they were exporting their grid instability and increased rates to Oregon. California went to court and got a judge to issue an injunction against the attempt. Damn it’s been a while but think the judge used humanitarian language to block the attempt. Never went farther than that as the grid settled down again shortly thereafter but it would of been a tough case for Oregon if they went ahead with appeals.
Oregon is forcing PGE’s Boardman coal fired plant to be shut down in 2021, well before its end of design life, and is directing that Portland General Electric replace the lost capacity entirely with wind and solar. It’s only a matter of time before Oregon begins feeling the pain of an unstable grid.
At last, someone has this idea. I wondered how long until someone pulls the plug. Why would all have to suffer from the mad decisions that others make? I often argued that RE fans should be able to enjoy the benefits of their toys without any interference from the fossil grid. Backup services – who needs them. Get used to cold showers, wimps.
“Who run Barter Town?”
https://youtu.be/kJ-UZ4DvYBg
Other alternatives exist…
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/16/nothing-succeeds-like-success-tesla-virtual-power-plant-in-south-australia-could-expand-to-50000-homes/
The day of reckoning is coming for all these climate changers and their ignorant prescriptions-
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/power-cuts-may-hit-as-many-as-1-3-million-victorian-homes-this-summer-20190821-p52jdf.html
Don’t you just love that ‘2019 Statement of Opportunities’ euphemistic name tag for what is the bad news technical people in the know can’t afford to sit on any longer. We’re just putting it out there folks for the omniscient overlords to deal with but don’t forget you heard it here first so don’t blame us. The silence of the lambs for years but now they’re covering their ass.
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