Posted on 05/29/2021 5:02:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
The state and postal service to order more electric autos that should help things along Oh and electric semis too.
/s
My team did a Real Time Pricing research project in the late 80s at the World Financial Center in NYC (across the street from the World Trade Center). Honeywell was our contractor for the system and the research. We communicated rates from ConEd to the system a day ahead (which was a real challenge before the ubiquitous Internet, optical, and wireless communications systems we have today). The building had a HUGE “cool storage” system underground where we could “charge” it with cold during the night and then use the chilled water in the daytime to reduce rates during the hot afternoons. The system also measured indoor air quality so we could reduce air circulation and fresh air makeup, but not go so far as to adversely effect indoor air quality. The savings in the building were huge. We did a similar project at the Marriott Marquis hotel in NYC (without the cold storage) with similar results. My boss was the guy who really innovated all the early “demand side management” concepts and R&D at the time.
I have had two brief outages so far in the last 2 weeks.
I am in the San Fernando Valley near Chatsworth and Woodland Hills, Calif.
One did not reset the digital clock but did shutdown the 2 pc’s and tv. The 2nd one was several minutes long. I work from home and use the computer to talk to the callers. I received an email from the cable company saying there was an outage and it could be a few hours to restore. Lucky they were wrong : )
Last year there were many outages around my area but I was not affected. I expect more unfortunately.
I couldn’t care less about CA problems. I live in a town with a city owned utility; gas, electricity, fiber optic cable to each house for tv and high speed internet. We sell excess power out onto the grid which reduces everyones electtic bill. I have to shovel snow in the winter but I’ll take it.
I mentioned my home in VA that had the very successful Honeywell Transec system. Purely by coincidence, my boss at the time had a home that also had an experimental HVAC setup sponsored by the power company. That home used a similar heat sink as your commercial system except it used a rock filled vault that air was blown through. IIRC, it used 2 heat pumps with one dedicated to charging the heat sink with heated or cooled air during off peak rate periods. The house HVAC heat pump separately blew air through the heat sink instead of using outdoor air as is typical. This system yielded similar low energy costs as my fancy electronic system.
A home HVAC system that is very simple to install/operate and has a terrific return on investment that uses a twist to the conventional heat pump setup. What you do is to exchange the heat using liquid instead of ambient air. First a hundred or two of polypropylene is buried in the backyard. This is charged with water + antifreeze and operates on a closed recycle loop to a liquid to Freon heat exchanger at the heat pump. You delete the air to Freon heat exchanger. My cousin has been installing these systems for 40 years.
Especially when no TIME is mentioned.
The UGLY part or the SIN part?
Isn’t FR in California?
Are WE running on solar?
With a small solar panel I can keep my phone charged jjust fine; but what about the phone TOWERS? the routers?? the ISP guys?
how redundant IS the web if lines begin to go down?
You should
have bought
a squirrel.
I have variable right here in central Indiana!
This could spark rage all over the place!
Watt’s seems to be the problem??
Power to the people!!!
What ARE cockles?
And just WHERE are they located in my blood-pumping organ??
You do NOT need MORE money, but fewer expenses!
FR is currently running on “Linode” servers in a data center in Dallas, TX. I suppose if John/Jim lose power in Central CA then John won’t be able to “remote manage” the server for awhile, but no biggie.
OOooh Texas.
Didn’t they just have some type of power problem?
Yeah, too much wind & solar. (Copying CA).
California just needs to pass a law against the sun setting.
It’s that simple.
LOL.
You are so right.
Did you know they sell tee shirts AND MASKS at Teepublic.com? A mask!
You Should Have Bought A Squirrel T-Shirt
Designed and Sold by woodsman
From the film Rat Race, Sizes S-5XL.
Mask: Was $15 now $12. Adult of child.
Just have everybody light a single candle rather than curse the darkness. And vote GOP in CA.
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