Cal ISO Issues Stage Two Emergency Power Alert!

Cal ISO ^ | 07/10/02

[socal_parrot]

First Stage Two of the year and the second Emergency alert in two days.

[socal_parrot]

[Gophack]

TURN DOWN YOUR AIR CONDITIONING! WE CAN REACH STAGE THREE!

[onedoug]

Another nail in Davis's political coffin. Of course, since it's election year, we're not in a drought, either.

[socal_parrot]

You can hang a side of beef in my office right now. It's that cold.

[Jagdgewehr]

dim bulb

[Weimdog]

Atta boy, I'm crankin' mine up too.

Come on stage 3!

[Gophack]

It says that demand has decreased since the peak. (This as of 3:33 p.m.)

Current System Demand:
(Actual Demand at this point in time)
41945

Today's Peak Demand:
(Highest point thus far today)
42327

Today's Forecast Peak Demand:
(HIghest point expected today. Does not appear post-peak.)
42348

[mvpel]

Cranking my 6000 watt heater on my hot tub... 107-degree water, yee haw!

[snopercod]

The CAISO is continuing to request additional Supplemental Energy bids during this period.

Why don't they call up some of the "energy pirates" and "gougers", eh?

[socal_parrot]

I'd like to hear that conversation, "Hi Mirant, CA ISO here. Sorry about all that name calling last year. Do you have a cup of electricity we can borrow?"

[socal_parrot]

Wow! Demand dropped like a rock. All I did was turn down my tanning bed.

[Joe Hadenuf]

LOL!

[VoiceOfBruck]

Here's something really dramatic for you - during a particularly hot night last week we actually lost power!

And you know what happened a couple hours later? It came back on! Can you believe it?

[Robert357]

Two Days in a row that CA reached a Stage 2 Emergency! (even if they didn't declare it on the first day)

Do you have a cup of electricity we can borrow?"

Sure, just go to Senator Dunn or Gov. Davis and they will fill it up for you...(/sarcasm)

Well, tomorrow's morning newspapers will be interesting to read, especially that now some of the reporters know the difference between an Emergency and an Alert.

I wonder when folks are going to question how many days this might go on this summer and the economic impact of shutting down industrial production every time the ISO reaches stage 2? Would make for a good editorial!

[Joe Hadenuf]

We don't have AC, but it's only 78 in the house right now. I know, I can go to the garage and fire up my arc welder!

[nicmarlo]

Way to go Grey Commie Davis.

[socal_parrot]

I am afraid any reporting of this alert will be placed below the fold on page B-8.

[Timesink]

If we don't hit Stage Three, then the terrorists will have won!

[Timesink]

We don't have AC, but it's only 78 in the house right now. I know, I can go to the garage and fire up my arc welder!

For those with AC: Remember, computers put out a LOT of heat, which forces your air conditioner to work that much harder. So keep all the computers in your house on all night long!

And go stock up on a few cases of beer, warm beer. Then bring them home and put them in the fridge. That forces the fridge to burn more energy to get the temperature of all those 85-degree cans down!