Mexico supplies electricity to wintry Texas

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110202/ts_alt_afp/mexicousweatherstorm_20110202234748


MEXICO CITY (AFP) Mexico's state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages.

An energy transfer of 280 megawatts began at midday (1800 GMT) via the north Mexican border cities of Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Piedras Negras, it added.

[PDittie]

1. "Illegal" electricity

How long shall we give it before Debbie Riddle files a bill about "anchor wattage"?

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2. ha ha

"No so fast, there! Let me see your birth certificate - Senor Current." :evilgrin:


Good one PDittie!! :thumbsup:

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4. LOL!

:rofl:

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3. Offer temporarily suspended

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Mexico-cancels-offer-to-send-electricity-to-Texas-993194.php

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Thursday it was temporarily suspending an offer to provide electricity to Texas to help the U.S. state weather an ice storm that forced rolling blackouts, because of severe cold in Mexico's own territory.

Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission had said Wednesday it had agreed to transmit 280 megawatts of electricity to Texas.

But on Thursday, the commission said it was temporarily suspending the transfer because below-freezing temperatures in northern Mexico had affected the generating capacity of some its own plants, causing a reduction of about 1,000 megawatts in generation.

The commission also said Mexico needed to ensure there was enough electricity to meet domestic demand, in the face of a severe cold snap that dumped snow on the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

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5. Oops!

Well that's what we get by treating our neighbors to the South with such derision. No sense in them helping us out. We'll just turn around and continue to trash them tomorrow anyway.

I'd keep my own electricity too.

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