A federal report on the September 2011 blackout found “grid operators’ lack of adequate real-time situational awareness of conditions throughout the Western Interconnection.” Two agencies called for “more effective review and use of information.” SDG&E President Mike Niggli on Tuesday said his utility would expedite the recommended fixes in planning and coordination with other utilities but deflected blame—saying his company’s system “operated the way it was designed and should have.” Are you confident a massive outage won’t happen again?
Poll: Are You Confident SDG&E Can Avoid Another Major Blackout?
Federal report urges fixes, and utility president agrees—but deflects blame for the outage.
This happened in 1979 when a mistake shut down the South Bay Power Plant. It happened last year when a mistake shut down the Southwest Power Link. The 1979 incident darkened SDG&E's entire service area. Last years incident darkend that and a little bit more. In the 1970s SDG&E generated all their own power right here in the county. Today SDG&E and most other power companies share power over a large interstate grid. A mistake, or sabbotage, in Utah or Idaho could not only darken all of San Diego, but the entire western United States. There is no foolproof system. But the more independent the power companies are the more reliable the overall system will be. And that means generating all the power we need right here.
If you want to worry about something really tragic think about the 14.5% of employable citizens who can't find a job. Many are older people who struggle just to keep food on the table and may never be able to return to the workforce. The younger ones face a lifetime of lower wage with little hope for advancement. I don't worry about SDG&E, but do worry about the direction of the country.
SDG&E/Sempra/SCE hate this idea since they want to control all Energy and profit by doing so... Here is just one way they are ripping all of us off: Many, many more would install Solar if the Utilities paid those that installed Solar for the energy they put INTO the grid, at the very same rate that the Utility charges for that same Energy to folks that take Energy OUT of the Grid! By not paying the same amount, the Utility shareholders receive additional money they do not deserve and the folks that have installed solar end up with a much longer payback period! You can be sure if these Utilities operate their own Solar Farms, they will pay themselves every penny they can... Remember Solar usually adds Energy during peak period of use (daytime) and it is only fair that if the Utility charges more for Energy used during that period (by using Smart meters) then they should also credit that exact amount to those with Solar that add Energy during those periods! It is time to STOP THE SOLAR ENERGY RIPOFF! http://is.gd/eQog1d
1. After you run it in, consider using synthetic oil because it has a very long "hang time" (keeping the oil on all the moving parts instead of running into the sump) so when you do start it up it will be starting "dry" (no oil). 2. Use Stable or some other gasoline stabilizer so that the fuel will not go bad during the long storage periods that you are not using the genset. 3. Buy several air filters and or pre-filters (if available) so you will be all ready should things get bad, because you and your genset will be very popular...
I be more and more folks feel the same way unless they are Utility shareholders or getting something from them...
100 megawatts worth of solar panels would cover 190 acres of land, with no gaps to allow sunlight to reach the plants below. It would take 92,000+ deep-cycle automotive batteries to provide 100 megawatts of power, for ONE HOUR.
What is that worth to you?
How about all the other people that could be employed installing solar all over SoCal? You are just promoting for one industry, the same industry that has the worst safety record of and reactors in the USA!
Calico Solars (564 Megawatts) 4 Calico Solars @ 4600 acres each equals 19166 acres or 30 square miles spoiled due to day to day operations