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Something is wrong with mouser
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: floobydust on February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 pm ---I think it's Enron 2, deregulation has proven power producers just maximize their profit over maintenance or reinforcing infrastructure.
"...Spot prices for electricity in Texas passed the grid’s cap of $9,000 per megawatt-hour as an arctic chill raises the specter of blackouts."
"Wholesale power for delivery Monday traded at $9,009.40 a megawatt-hour in the West hub at 1 a.m. in Houston, a staggering 3,466% increase from Friday".
--- End quote ---
It is exactly Enron 2 and it isn't just deregulation, it is the specific system of eliminating long-term contracts or payments to generators for availability. Greed and stupidity, but mostly stupidity.
JohnnyMalaria:
--- Quote from: floobydust on February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 pm ---Before the "Texas Freeze" my Mouser order took over two days to fulfill at the warehouse. So they were slow. Order late Monday, get it Friday.
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What shipping were you paying for? 3 days (since I read late Monday as Tuesday) from TX to Canada seems reasonable.
This week is the first week Mouser has notified me of a delay and it was obvious why. Indeed, I forwent faster shipping because I knew this was coming. However, last week, I ordered an item using UPS Ground. As with every order before it, Mouser upgraded me to 2nd Air and then, because of weather delays last week, upgraded me yet again to Priority Overnight.
I've always been impressed with Mouser and enjoyed watching a video about their operation. I hope they are all okay. I used live a couple of hours from Dallas/FW and understand this is quite unprecedented. We get ice storms and days of outages in NC so I can relate.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on February 18, 2021, 11:59:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 pm ---I think it's Enron 2, deregulation has proven power producers just maximize their profit over maintenance or reinforcing infrastructure.
"...Spot prices for electricity in Texas passed the grid’s cap of $9,000 per megawatt-hour as an arctic chill raises the specter of blackouts."
"Wholesale power for delivery Monday traded at $9,009.40 a megawatt-hour in the West hub at 1 a.m. in Houston, a staggering 3,466% increase from Friday".
--- End quote ---
It is exactly Enron 2 and it isn't just deregulation, it is the specific system of eliminating long-term contracts or payments to generators for availability. Greed and stupidity, but mostly stupidity.
--- End quote ---
When parasites get greedy to the point of killing the host, I guess stupidity is the only thing that remains...
floobydust:
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on February 19, 2021, 02:11:17 am ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 pm ---Before the "Texas Freeze" my Mouser order took over two days to fulfill at the warehouse. So they were slow. Order late Monday, get it Friday.
--- End quote ---
What shipping were you paying for? 3 days (since I read late Monday as Tuesday) from TX to Canada seems reasonable. [...]
--- End quote ---
FedEx shipped from Texas to Canada in an incredible 18hrs, so I got the parts Friday afternoon. UPS is not liked in Canada over their brokerage fees (on other shipments) and poop coloured trucks.
It was the two days waiting for the Mouser warehouse to fill the order, online chat assuring me it would go out that day, that was not so great. I guess order Monday to get stuff Friday is the expectation.
In the order I got a few Murata watch batteries that are dead too, shorted out somewhere in a bin I guess.
james_s:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on February 18, 2021, 11:59:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 pm ---I think it's Enron 2, deregulation has proven power producers just maximize their profit over maintenance or reinforcing infrastructure.
"...Spot prices for electricity in Texas passed the grid’s cap of $9,000 per megawatt-hour as an arctic chill raises the specter of blackouts."
"Wholesale power for delivery Monday traded at $9,009.40 a megawatt-hour in the West hub at 1 a.m. in Houston, a staggering 3,466% increase from Friday".
--- End quote ---
It is exactly Enron 2 and it isn't just deregulation, it is the specific system of eliminating long-term contracts or payments to generators for availability. Greed and stupidity, but mostly stupidity.
--- End quote ---
Jeez, silly me for assuming they had done something to prevent another Enron incident. If I had to pay $9k/MWh I'd shut off the utility power and run my gasoline backup generator. Too bad I'm not a little closer to Texas, this would probably be a good time to sell my extra one.
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