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Heat causes power outages around the region
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Tuesday, June 25, 2002
| Lawrence Walsh
Posted on 06/25/2002 1:53:14 PM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Duquesne Light Co. today said it expected to restore power to the RIDC Park in O'Hara by this afternoon.
The outage was the most serious of dozens of interruptions around the area, almost all of them related to heavy power usage for cooling during heat waves. The official high reached 89 yesterday and was expected to hit 90 today.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: powerderegulation
Unlike the Kalifornia fiasco, electric power deregulation in Pennsylvania is often cited as "how to do it right".
Yet for some reason, even they have supply problems during periods of peak demand.
Must be some kind of problem with "market forces".
To: Willie Green
Seems to me that the free market never promised to bring everybody everything they needed at whatever time they needed it.
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posted on
06/25/2002 2:08:25 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: El Sordo
Heck, the free market can't even get supply reliable energy to the RICH people in Mt. Lebanon and Fox Chapel!!!
I thought it was supposed to be much more "efficient" than that!!!
There must be something wrong with this deregulation theory somewhere!!!
To: Willie Green
We never have electric shortage in WV, because we have plants all over the place. Love those power plants. Love those coal-fired electric plants. love that steam pouring out of those stacks. Beautiful.
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posted on
06/25/2002 2:21:22 PM PDT
by
WVNan
To: WVNan
We were just in W.V. last weekend. It is a pretty state. We were on I-64 from Huntington to Charleston and back.
To: Willie Green
Are you operating on the general assumption that state controlled industries are inherently more efficient and capable than free markets?
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posted on
06/25/2002 3:20:41 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: El Sordo
I'm operating under the observation that the "Public Utility" concept served our nation very well for many, many decades.
Perhaps it was "inefficient" to have "underutilized capacity" at times, but supplies were usually available for whatever was needed during periods of peak usage (barring power failures due to equipment damage, storms, etc.)
Stocks performance was extremely reliable as well.
Utilities were considered to be good, safe investments for widows and orphans.
To: Willie Green
Ok, that's a fair cop.
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posted on
06/25/2002 3:33:39 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: Willie Green
Must be some kind of problem with "market forces". They've got the power, though. Sometimes equipment fails, it isn't the governor's fault.
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