California Issues First Rolling Blackouts
Since 2001, As Heat Wave Bakes Western U.S.
National Public Radio,
by
Nathan Rott
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
8/15/2020 9:12:52 AM
California electrical providers instituted rolling blackouts Friday night – the first since 2001–as an intense and prolonged heat wave settled over much of the Western U.S. Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have experienced brief power outages through the evening, after the body that manages most of the state's electrical utilities declared a Stage 3 emergency to help reduce stress on the larger grid. Electrical demand surged through the day as temperatures topped the triple digits in many parts of the state and people cranked up fans and air conditioning units to try and stay cool. The emergency order
Quick! Build some more windmills!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 8/15/2020 9:27:19 AM (No. 510653)
Darn dangerous for the elderly that NEED the A.C.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Nashville 8/15/2020 9:32:49 AM (No. 510657)
Extreme heat is a silent killer, responsible for more deaths than any other natural disaster.
Stopped reading after that....
Cold kills more people by a factor of 10.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
sw penn 8/15/2020 9:40:56 AM (No. 510667)
Maybe should have been building some nuclear plants
instead of wasting taxpayer money on green energy fairy tales?
Do some decidedly un-glamorous hydro-electric maintenance
instead of wasting taxpayer money no-speed choo-choos?
Stop electing "change-agents", Kali.
Start electing realists.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/15/2020 9:58:56 AM (No. 510696)
Our weather report was forecasting temps to 107 for next week, but this morning I noticed they were rolled back a bit. Cloud cover may be holding it down a little. Humidity was low yesterday, so 100 degrees was not that uncomfortable.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/15/2020 10:00:44 AM (No. 510700)
What happened to 'renewable energy' whatever liberal jargon that is.
California needs more bird killing windmills just not in my backyard.
This is rich but large cities are in peril when summer temperatures spike.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
FunOne 8/15/2020 10:08:40 AM (No. 510710)
Just your typical report of another average day in that great democrat socialist republic of Kalifornia. If enough people vote a democrat ticket, we can all experience this quality of life.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/15/2020 10:12:04 AM (No. 510716)
The government of California has been so busy pushing the utilities into cost prohibitive and inefficient methods of electrical generation that there has been no money left for infrastructure maintenance. Every year I ask myself if this is the year they crash their whole system shutting down for month or years of repairs, which they will promptly demand the federal government pay for.
Better not be while Trump's in office...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
HotRod 8/15/2020 10:14:40 AM (No. 510719)
Generator sakes should be way up in California. The irony is that thousands of generators produce more pollution than a natural gas plant, or a nuclear power plant.
I have to wonder if the education system in California started dumbing down students earlier than the rest of the country? Why do people keep voting in the left-wing wackos?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Cindiana 8/15/2020 10:23:12 AM (No. 510729)
Gee, I so hate to think that Barbra Streisand & her ilk might be sweating. And what about the Pelosi Royalty? And Harry & Megan?
Oh, wait. They probably all have generators the size of 18-wheelers running 24/7.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Yuban 8/15/2020 10:24:51 AM (No. 510731)
The left wing wackos keep voting in the left wing wackos. We hit 97 yesterday, but since we do not live in a socialist big city our power did not go off. Our indoor temp stayed a pleasant 72 degrees. However, if the power had gone out, we have a generator to keep us cool calm and collected. We take care of ourselves and do not depend on the government. Once again, it is your decision on who runs your life, you or the govt.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Yuban 8/15/2020 10:26:33 AM (No. 510732)
Forgot to mention the pro Harris, anti-Pence adv on Lucianne. Gee, thanks.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
planetgeo 8/15/2020 10:33:55 AM (No. 510741)
With all these reports of independent and effective use of generators, I fully expect to soon see a bill in the CA legislature to ban them. Also, are you wearing your masks indoors like you're supposed to if you really care?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 8/15/2020 10:37:33 AM (No. 510751)
5th largest economy in the world, huh?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 8/15/2020 10:51:27 AM (No. 510766)
In Free America, we have electricity all the time. But then again, we haven't elected leftist eco-whackos for decades on end, and let them wreck everything.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 8/15/2020 10:53:12 AM (No. 510769)
#4, they not only have NOT been building nuclear plants, they have been CLOSING nuclear plants that were built, running and still had decades of life in the units. THAT is insanity.
No sympathy.
A self-inflicted problem.
The fix? Stop electing people who want you dead.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 8/15/2020 12:42:11 PM (No. 510909)
"First rolling blackout since 2001"? I thought that these had been common - or are the shutdowns for fire season somehow "don't count"?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Terry_tr6 8/15/2020 12:43:23 PM (No. 510911)
Why don't they just position fans in front of the wind turbines so they spin faster and generate more electricity. They could also point flood lights at the solar farms at night so they will produce electricity at night too! I know this will work because i got a masters degree in wymens and gender studies at USC
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
avital2 8/15/2020 1:49:13 PM (No. 510986)
LADWP announced that it was not part of blackouts yesterday. it says it has enough power and reasonable reserves. good on one gov't agency, anyway.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/15/2020 3:04:07 PM (No. 511055)
A read of the article says this is about the California Independent System Operator. I have never heard of it and we have never had a “rolling blackour” in all my years here (native Californian - a lot of years). Apparently it amounts to one hour shutdowns - just one hour - in a rolling pattern across various areas that are potentially in overload.
This is from NPR and is mostly a SJW piece on how the downtrodden are most affected.
I try to read the whole article before I react...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Mike22 8/15/2020 6:08:46 PM (No. 511203)
The people who make the decisions live by the coast. They enjoy ocean breezes usually keeping them nice and cool (and blowing their auto exhaust and other pollutants into the central valley. The poor deplorable people live further inland. The celebrities, the wealthy and the politicians can all afford beautiful powerful dual-fuel generators to keep and lights and AC on. So they cut the power inland and the Trump-loving deplorables rightfully suffer. They also cut off the water to the farmers punishing the small family farm operations and the farm workers so they can have water to send down the river to the ocean to save the smelt. Meanwhile San Francisco relies on plentiful water from the Beautiful Hetch-Hetchy valley reservoir which the refuse to share with anyone else. But the caring, woke people of LA and San Francisco Bay (all those enlightened techies) and their welfare chattel just keep voting democrat. Also, the same folks decided that a water system deisigned for 20 million would be adequate and cancelled several large reservoir projects.
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