BP Still Hopeful About Liberty – Texas Faced What Southcentral Alaska Fears, a Peak Demand Shortage
ADN by Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press -- JUNEAU — BP estimates that it could begin producing oil off Alaska's coast in 2013, despite the fact that construction of the massive Liberty rig has been suspended indefinitely. Dallas News: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said 7,000 megawatts of generating capacity tripped Tuesday night, leaving the state without enough juice. That’s enough capacity to power about 1.4 million homes. By rotating outages, ERCOT said it prevented total blackouts…“We have the double whammy of extremely high demand, given the lowest temperatures [...]