Posted on 06/16/2021 5:24:27 PM PDT by george76
California's Independent System Operator has issued a statewide flex alert for Thursday June 17 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cal ISO issued the voluntary call to conserve energy Wednesday afternoon as temperatures in the Bay Area soared in the first heat wave of the season and record breaking heat blankets the West Coast this week.
By Wednesday, Fairfield reached triple digits. Many other spots in the East Bay, including Fremont, Walnut Creek and Concord are already getting close. The heat is expected to peak on Thursday, with an excessive heat warning in effect through Friday night for many areas in the Bay.
Earlier in the day Cal ISO said the grid is stable for Wednesday and there is no expectation of rotating power outages. Forecasts also show enough reserves to cover demand Thursday evening, but the grid operator had warned to be vigilant for a flex alert.
It asks Californians to set thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, turn off unnecessary lights and avoid use of major appliances.
For more information on ways to conserve energy during the flex alert check here.
Flex alerts are typically issued as solar energy production drops off during evening hours.
Summerlike heat arrived with spring still on the calendar as a dome of high pressure spread over the West.
Dry heat is better, at least at night when the sun goes down it cools some. Back east when the sun goes down it is still sticky and hot. It stays that way till around 4 AM!!!..
117 in Las Vegas right now.
We're gonna "flex" the system to make sure WE have power so there's a chance, you might have to do without because WE'RE more important than you.
Quick, call the load dispatcher at PG&E to ramp up the thermal units! Oh, wait. There aren’t any.
Same thing happening in Texas right now and it’s unfortunate. They spent a lot of time on other things but neglected to fix the power grid after that disaster in February
Yup...anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that it uses less energy to maintain a constant temperature than to treat your thermostat as a yo-yo.
The propane tank is filled, the generator is ready. I’m anticipating many power shutdowns this summer in NorCal.
They need ten million new electric cars....geniuses!
Rural_Michigan wrote:
“109* at my house in Joshua Tree today.”
How much hotter than usual is that?
it is doubtful that there was ever a more corrupt regulatory agency than California’s
Californians encouraged to buy squirrels, squirrel food, and squirrel cages to be able to locally generate electricity.
Many of the plants in AZ that used to ship power to California are now gone. They burned that evil “COAL”!
It was 106 in Belle Fouche, SD on 6/9/2021 according to the P/Us temp display....
NBD, but it reminded me of trips to Death Valley in the summer.
[”It’s a Dry Heat”]
Clearly the only possible solution is more electric cars!
One could argue for Newsomalia...
Texas should get a reprieve on the heat wave, middle of next week.
It takes a special kind of stupid to be a politician... especially in California.
This ain’t rocket science.
Common sense isn’t common anymore.
How much hotter than usual is that?
About 10* or so...these are mid-summer temps
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