Posted on 07/11/2002 6:42:11 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
Here is the Caiso stituation graph for today, 11 July 2002:
WE missed setting a record high by 2 degrees here in Eureka yesterday. It got all the way up to 67 against a record 69 set in 1945.
As the new Nero Wolfe would say, "Phooey to you!
You are correct and I do agree with everything you say, however the point I was making was that the hot weather is not the news, but the crazy way the democRATS have managed power in this state.
Add to this, the way that deregulation was handled. The original proposal was to begin deregulation small by deregulating businesses first and when that was successful, move on to homes. The state in it's infinite wisdom ignored the recommendations and deregulated everybody, but threw in the caveat that power companies could not buy power on contract, but only on the spot market and then put a cap on what consumers could be charged.. Of course, that caused power costs to go up exponentially. It should be noted that there have been no rolling greyouts since PG&E got it's price hike.
I live in Lodi where we have our own power company which has plenty of power and has always obtained long term contracts to tide us over the high peak months. During the rolling greyouts, the Lodi Power Company manager refused to shut down power to the people of Lodi when ordered to, because we were never deregulated and had planned ahead.
I work for a company that allowed the power company to shut the manufacturing plant down in a power emergency. There were so many Greyouts that our plant and several other removed themselves from this program because the cheaper cost of electricy was no longer balanced out by the costs of lost productivity. In this way California really hurt their ability to manage hot spells also.
If I didn't have my morning coffee, I would probably starve to death as I would not be able to find the refrigerator or pantry for breakfast, lunch or dinner. :)
You and I know what the real story is. Most of the Kalifornians do not. It takes these hot spells and blackouts to get the real story to them.
Your comment here is a real reality check: I work for a company that allowed the power company to shut the manufacturing plant down in a power emergency. There were so many Greyouts that our plant and several other removed themselves from this program because the cheaper cost of electricy was no longer balanced out by the costs of lost productivity. In this way California really hurt their ability to manage hot spells also.
How many Californian companies have had their profits and maybe their ability to survive, endangered by the enviro whackos/libs and Gray Davis with this lack of electricity to meet their and our demands?
So true. The companies that I am associated with are Grower Cooperative, so they are unlikely to go anywhere, however most are developeing their own sources of power. Is it any wonder that the Central Valley is where conservatism reigns in California?
I see the topic is coffee.
Every one needs one of these:
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Gepost door Bram Kouwenberg maandag 8 juli 2002 - 14:37 - bron: PimpRig.com
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 :Basically, it's a fully functioning coffee maker integrated into a computer case. You pour the water into the funnel at the top, it goes down the tube into a book-shaped water tank where it sits until you hit the power switch, at which point the heating coil boils the water, sending it back up another tube and into the coffee grounds basket. The switch can also be controlled using an RF keychain remote. Other mods include: custom-cut window which was then hand-etched to a coffee cup motif, custom-build LED arrays to provide exactly the right shade of red light, stereo VU meter in the front panel indicator section, additional hot plate on top for two pots of coffee at once, and the white,
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with two processors they can probably have in booted and logged onto Free Republic for you.
I don't understand why you are resisting this technological marvel !
One of the four major food groups; the other three being Nicotine, Sugar and Fat.
I was wondering about that bit of drizzle.
Until the Cal-ISO has used up all of its "30 days" where it can cut off industrial and volunteer power users, Davis can probably hold off the rolling blackouts.They've probably used up at least 4 of those days based upon what's been made public, and perhaps another 5 that haven't, but it's going to take a long, hot July and August to trip the breakers (unless temps just go nuts).
Still, you can bet that Davis is paying as much attention to the weather and Cal-ISO as he is to his fundraising and daily scandal tallies right now!
Wednesday's Notable Events:
The California ISO issued a Stage 1 Emergency effective 1529 and a Stage 2 Emergency effective 1610. Both were cancelled at 1907. CISO requested 1124MW of interruptible non-firm shed between PG&E, SCE and SDGE. Also, MWD shed 101 MW of pump load from 1524 to 1815 and CDWR shed 204 MW of pump load from 1545 to 1900. CAISO reported they were short on spinning reserve from 1500 to 1522 due to the loss of Ormond Beach Unit #2 while generating 350 MW.
1124 MW (+or- another 101 to 204 MW) is more than most single nuclear plants. That is a lot of load curtailment!
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