Posted on 07/07/2008 8:02:53 PM PDT by Brilliant
With fires still causing concern among California power grid operators, this week brings high heat that may lead to near-record electricity demand throughout the state, the grid manager said on Monday.
The California Independent System Operator asked consumers to curb their power use in the peak 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. period Tuesday through Thursday as the grid nears capacity.
The Cal ISO manages lines owned by the three big investor-owned utilities that handle 80 percent of the state's power flow.
"This is going to be the first significant heat wave of the summer," said Cal ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle. "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday will be when temperatures spike, and then they should fall off a bit on Friday."
Fires in the Santa Barbara area have caused outages since last Wednesday and continue to concern utility workers on Monday, said Jane Brown of the line's owner, Southern California Edison (SCE).
"The fire continues to burn in and around our lines," said Brown, speaking of the 220-kilovolt Goleta transmission line and the more local distribution lines. "It is very likely that we will have more power outages affecting large groups of people."
SCE spokeswoman Nancy Williams said at 5 p.m. PDT that while no outages had occurred to that point, it was likely about 48,000 customers will lose power on Monday evening as firefighters expected blazes directly under the Goleta line.
The likely outages would affect the same area impacted on Sunday in the Santa Barbara-Goleta area, Williams said...
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I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only person that goes nuts when he hears “flex your power.” Every time I hear that I’m reminded of failed regulation that prevents utilities from building capacity to meet our most basic needs. I respond by lowering my AC temp and running my electric drier. I figure if we tax the system, maybe they’ll build more capacity.
It’s kinda hard to blame it on the GOP, I think, because the GOP doesn’t control anything. Even the governor’s mansion is not really controlled by the GOP.
Kalifornia is a parasite. In order to create their faux “Ecotopia” they leach power off of neighboring states, pushing any pollution or environmental problems off on them while patting themselves on their backs about how noble they are. Feh. A major blackout would serve them right.
In order to create their faux “Ecotopia” they leach power off of neighboring states, pushing any pollution or environmental problems off on them while patting themselves on their backs about how noble they are.
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Very true == I have been living here and wathcing it most of my life. It now extends to WATER. The green-pandering government keeps refusing to build MORE water storage for the increasing need THEY keep allowing to happen.
TYPICAL LIBERALS == they exist without any concern for the consequences of their actions. Only money and power matters to them.
Exactly
I don’t pay any attention to their “flex your power” nonsense.
I use whatever I want.
We work hard and pay billions in taxes on every little thing we do in our lives and they can’t do one simple thing while they give away billions to those who don’t work at all.
They should start doing their job’s.
I’d be willing to bet they keep their offices as cool as they want. There won’t be any gov controlled thermostats there.
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