I’ve lived in California for 43+ years, most of my adult life. When it was a decently-run Republican state, we had none of this nonsense. It’s in the last 20 years, as California has become a deep blue, largely one party state, with its own idiotic Green New Deal (100% renewable power generation by 2035), that the flex alerts, stage 3 emergencies, and rolling blackouts have occurred.
In the last five years, the ‘RATS have retired 9 Gigawatts of reliable, plentiful, relatively inexpensive, clean natural gas power generation. They intend to shut down the state’s last remaining 2 GW nuclear power plant in 2025. All of it means that things are only going to get worse.
I’ve complained to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Independent System Operator (CAISO), and my local power company. Next is my assemblyman, state senator, and the knothead Regressive governor. Am not holding my breath.
Thanks, Gov. Moonbeam 2.0 and Donald Trump, Jr.’s girlfriend’s ex-husband for turning the Golden Bear State into a third world sh*thole. It will take a Trump-style revolution to save it.
Coda: A backup power generator is on my Christmas list.
here's a FR thread about whole-house gensets:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3533486/posts?page=72
take a look at this natural gas one:
http://www.centralmainediesel.com/order/Honda-16kw-Propane-Generator.asp?page=H04599
i got the 2-wire autostart option; seems like the low-pressure regulator and hose is now an option even though the pic shows it as part of the whole setup
here's a pic how i set mine up: