Posted on 07/12/2021 8:13:29 AM PDT by karpov
President Biden wants to spend tens of billions of dollars on transmission lines to transport renewable electricity across states, which he says will improve grid reliability. His climate model of California is showing the limits and risks of this strategy.
California’s Independent System Operator (Caiso) on Friday and Saturday issued emergency alerts urging residents to conserve power during the evenings to avoid rolling blackouts. A wildfire in Oregon threatened transmission lines that import thousands of megawatts of hydropower that are needed when the sun starts to go down.
Progressives blamed Texas’s power outage in February on its limited ability to import power from other states after its wind turbines froze and not enough natural gas plants could ramp up to compensate. But grids in neighboring states had little power to spare, which was the problem this weekend in California and will continue to be all summer.
The California Public Utilities Commission ordered Caiso last month to procure more power for evening hours this summer due to reduced hydropower generation and imports caused by drought. It’s not clear where Caiso plans to get the power since supply is expected to be tight across the Western U.S. for the same reasons.
Rest assured, Caiso has a back-up plan: Snatch energy headed elsewhere. Caiso manages interconnections between utilities and power providers across the Western U.S. For instance, Arizona utilities contract with hydropower plants in the Northwest for power that is transmitted through California.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) late last month approved a request by Caiso to prioritize electricity moving through California to meet its own demands during emergencies. This will allow Caiso to override utility contracts and expropriate power destined for other states.
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The last thing the RATs care about is whether or not their schemes work. They are incapable of observing objective reality in any case.
LOL
Excellent!
What is the difference in renewable electricity and electricity?
In the end the Left always has to demand, mandate, threaten and then ration ("prioritize") as the almighty State and its infallible Marxist leaders decide.
Why don’t we build more nuclear power plants? Nuclear plants produce zero greenhouse gases.
Why the enviro extremist opposition to nuclear? Because Jane Fonda made a stupid movie which was in theaters at the time of the Three Mile Island incident? Because of bad news about Fukishima? Because of Chernobyl? Why are we depending on windmills when nuclear would solve our energy problems?
Unanswerable to me. I suggest you ask top scientific minds such as AOC or Greta. To me that's like that pesky word "sustainable."
I bet Cali wishes they had back those coal fired power plants that were recently destroyed in Arizona.
It never was about ‘the environment’..................
Ya..how the hell can you re-use electricity once it is used?
Well, good news out of nevaDUH. Legislated 50% renewables by 2030 and ALL renewables by 2050. Hey, they convinced enough voters of it. SMDH! Why yes Virginia, there really are stoopid peepull out there. Yeah, run Vegas on solar and wind. Maybe a little Hoover dam hydro. IF there’s enough water on the Colorado.
Bump! CA is a joke. They’ve had years to plan for this inevitability. Instead of planning, they’ve wasted time and lots of tax dollars chasing climate schemes that don’t work.
Now they’re messing in their pants due to their idiocy. Sure glad I don’t live there.
Thereby invalidating centuries of contract law.
Even with people moving out of Commiefornia they still can’t keep up with power demands.
True.
Hanoi Jane's movie's effect was like Gretchen Whitmer's mask enforcement by Michigan State Police and her lockdowns and pulling of licenses if a beauty salon owner didn't comply.
Whitmer: "What we did saved thousands of lives." Look for a bruise on her shoulder from trying to pat herself on the back too hard.
Renewable is a stupid car battery that must be charged.
If there’s nothing to charge it with, I guess it’s no longer renewable.
They have this stupid jargon they throw around like it’s a new idea.
Basically, a bunch of dumbturds.
Renewable?
Ah, yes!
when the nuclear fuel rods are used then we renew them with more fuel rods.
When the water for hydro-electricity is used, we renew the reservoirs with more water.
When the coal burns down, we renew the fire with more coal.
When the natural gas runs down we renew it with more natural gas.
Renewable indeed!
The wild fires might help reduce the electricity demands if half the homes burn down.
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