Posted on 07/24/2006 9:27:40 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
This press conf is on CNN Pipeline...and KXTV in Sacramento....the press is grilling Arnies Power Gurus
Street lights! Talk about wasting power. What is the point of street lights on cul-de-sac streets. I don't get it.
Energy Transmission is almost completely government controlled. They are fighting like hell to keep it that way, while all the while delivering a sub-standard product. Typcal.
Now the head power guy said they are praying! Sheesh
I read an interesting article about rolling blackouts a while back on WSJ. It was during the time of the big blackout in the Northeast. Basically the article said that there is no way of shutting off power based on importance. Kids playing video games get cut off along with elevators trapped between floors. Why isn't there a system to cut off non-critical systems only, like entertainment systems, and leave refrigerators running, or air conditioners in homes with children or elderly? We need a scapel but we only have a meataxe.
Sounds like he needs a better writer.
"Man it's hot. It's like Africa hot. Tarzan's power system couldn't take this kind of hot. "
theoretically they could do that...but it reaks of big brother no? if the power company was using BPL to monitor which devices were plugged into your sockets, it could send a signal to shut off different devices.
Howdy, neighbor! I'm right there with ya. Our home was built in '46. :) Very scant insulation. We should meet up at Starbucks for coffee sometime. Ever go to Pavilions?
Thought we were going to die on Saturday. 112 degrees, everyone complaining about their air conditioning not cooling enough! We have a window unit. Cooled the house down to a chilly 87 degrees on Saturday.
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STATEWIDE STAGE 2 ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY DECLARED
From: ISO
ISO declared Statewide STAGE 2 Electrical Emergency for 07/24/2006 13:00 through 07/24/2006 21:00
BUMP for monitoring...
Elk Grove, CA, currently 1:05 pm, 103F --- peak temperature occurs at 5:00 pm.
Thanks!
Here we go,, I know we were in the first block that got blacked out a few years ago, we are on the top of the list again, I'm headed out for a bit, hope I return to fans still spinning. We are about to hit 100 degrees.
The energy crisis was just one of the reasons for the Recall. Some folks beter hope no plants go offline the next few hours or .. who knows.. lol
you can see the next blocks to be turned off on the power company websites I think....takes some digging
Man, I thought we had it bad here in Fresno! It was 113 yesterday and my house cannot keep up with this heat! We have our AC set at 84 and the temp still climbs to 89 before it starts to come down. But I won't even compare that to 118 and no power.
Our power went out yesterday evening and was out all night and still not working this morning when I left for work. I called home a bit ago and the answering machine answered, so I guess it's back on now. Too dang hot...
In Spanish, to Gaia, no doubt.
Why do we have the CPUC? Mights as well dump them. They merely rubberstamp anything the utilities want.
at 50160 megawatts....new record....
now 50238
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