Posted on 09/06/2020 2:51:28 PM PDT by rintintin
Blackouts could hit as many as 3 million California homes and business Sunday evening as an epic heat wave smothers the West, the manager of the state’s electricity grid said.
It would be one of the largest blackouts in California history, if not the largest.
After narrowly avoiding blackouts Saturday night, the Independent System Operator, which runs the grid, said it was facing a shortfall of 4,000 megawatts unless Californians comply with urgent pleas for conservation.
Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article245533025.html#storylink=cpy
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Rebuild the hydro-electric dams!
The one thing they’d never think to do is ADD MORE CAPACITY because that wouldn’t be Green. How I hate these people.
I guarantee you the political class, the tech millionaires, and the illegal aliens are all cool as a cucumber. I just feel bad for regular homeowners.
Joking aside, our democrat 'leadership' have really poisoned this state by taking Natural Gas and Nuclear powered facilities off line.
The similar suicidal mindset applies to water resource management - where we haven't built a new reservoir in this State in over 40 years.
Our elected Dem Leaders hate the people of California.
5,000 megawatts? 5 GIGAWATTS? That's five nuclear plants which just happens to equal the number of nuclear plants shut down in California. Is that a coincidence or what?
Except for the ruling class. They are more equal than the rest of us.
i advise governor nuisance to start blowing.
oh he already does that.
lol
The Hollyweird crowd needs to turn off the electricity in their homes to set a good example.
No more virtue signaling, time for actual virtue!
Vote for socialism, get socialism. Not even the richest society can stand it.
Pardon me , but I’m gonna say so freaking what ?????
Look if you’re worried about blackouts get a couple solar panels and some batteries it’s that simple
You actually don’t really need a utility at all anymore
California , the Newest member of the Third World
OMG! Nancy’s gourmet ice cream might melt!
The hard left legislature will not permit some obvious fixes to the grid.
I guarantee you the political class, the tech millionaires, and the illegal aliens are all cool as a cucumber.
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Yep, California has its own version of privilege for those it protects.
Another thing to do would be clear out the highly inflammable biomass before it regularly, and inevitably, catches fire and use it for timber products, burning the waste in generators. Since everybody, including the wildlife, would win, the CA socialists and tree huggers would never allow such a solution.
The Cuomo legacy in New York is the shutdown of nuclear power and no new oil or gas pipelines. Indian Point nuclear power plant is being dismantled. Next summer in the NY metropolitan area will feature electricity shortages, brownouts and blackouts. These Democrat lunatics wish to punish America with their bizarre , irrational green new deal. People who elect them suffer.
Vote for socialism, get socialism.
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They are getting exactly what they voted for. Now let them live with the consequences.
What businesses? Everything's closed. Including government offices. I'll bet those thermostats are kept at 72 degrees around the clock, though.
Epic heat wave?
It’s totally normal.
They’re incompetent and need to blame outside forces.
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