U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett claims there was a power blackout at his property. He has a barn with heaters to keep the pipes from freezing. He said the heaters did not come back on after the blackout.
Now, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett wants to start using more coal power.
"Burchett said he believes that putting more attention on coal energy may be part of a solution."
“With coal, we can get it out of the ground in this area and it provides jobs and also vital heating and electricity during a crucial time,” he added."
"On Dec. 23, TVA claims they supplied more power than at any other time in its nearly 90-year history. However, they added that this was the highest winter power peak in TVA history."
TVAs initial request to conserve power.
I believe this weather/power event could have been handled better. I didn't even hear about the possibility of blackouts until I spoke with someone in Nashville who knew someone in West Tennessee who thinks they went under a blackout. Although, they live in the boonies with little services anyway. I think those that encountered a blackout could have been warned ahead of time in order to prepare. It is not always good to have certain equipment shutdown without warning.
Why didn't they use the government public alert system to warn people? They use it enough for weather events and missing people as well as testing.
Having said that, I don't think coal is the answer I would fall back on. I'm sure an organization/company as big as TVA with the many engineers can come up with a solution for the future.
Maybe U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett could try to help those people that were negatively affected from any blackouts instead of preaching for coal.
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