“The underlying issue is infrastructure and transmission, the more robust that the system is, the easier it is to move energy around in a multi-state region to prevent events such as this,” Silvey said. Trending: Strange low-repeating noise still a mystery in north St. SPP is used in 13 other states other than Missouri, and Silvey said the cold weather impacting all those states caused the strain for the grid. The west part of the state falls under SPP, which is why there have been rolling blackouts in the Kansas City area.
“That’s what different about the one we are experiencing right now.”
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“If a power plant goes offline in Kansas City or if we have a huge cold snap in Kansas City, usually it’s not across the entire country,” Silvey said. The state is separated into two different power regions: the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). “Natural gas has become really constrained in this time and that’s become part of what we are seeing with SPP and particularly in Texas.”
“That strain on the regional in MISO is not the same as the strain on the regional system in SPP,” Silvery said. “This is something we haven’t seen for years and we hope to not see again ever, really, but certainly not anything we should not have to plan for, for years to come,” Silvey said.īut how come these rolling blackouts aren’t happening across Missouri? Silvey said it’s because of the regional difference. Silvey said this strain on power grids is unusual, which is why people have been asked to conserve energy. The bitter cold outside is making heaters work harder inside. It’s creating a need for people to use far more electricity this time of year than what normally would.” “We’ve had this crazy weather event where extremely cold temperatures have moved all the way south to Texas. “At some point, people will be paying for these prices,” Ryan Silvey, chairman of Missouri’s Public Service Commission, said. With more people using power, it could end up costing Missourian’s money down the line. The reason for the blackout is to help control the usage on the power grid since more homes are using extra energy for heat, but it comes with a cost. – Power companies across the state have been asking Missourians to conserve energy this week after arctic cold and snow has blasted the Midwest.ĭepending on where you live, you might have lost power at some point this week for 30 to 60 minutes. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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