The organization that oversees California’s power grid does not expect large-scale power outages Wednesday, provided that residents across the state conserve energy during peak hours the way they did the previous three days.
California Independent System Operator President and CEO Steve Berberich said the state avoided large-scale power outages Sunday, Monday and Tuesday because customers conserved several thousand watts of power.
Berberich credited the state’s flex alerts from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, and in particular, Monday and Tuesday with keeping the lights on across the state.
“The conservation efforts are the reason, and probably the only reason, we were able to get through those days without any kind of load disruptions,” he said.
Ok, so with all the businesses/buildings currently shutdown…how could there possibly be a shortage of power anyway? That makes zero sense.
Because everyone is using energy at home, running AC during a heatwave. Plain and simple, not everything is a conspiracy. My fiancé is an energy consultant. I had to hear him talk about possible blackouts 3 days before pg&e announced it.
Not true. Commercial are the biggest users of energy.
Makes ZERO sense.
C’mon now, Anon. His fiance goes door to door peddling solar panels. He knows his stuff.
Come on guys, I suspect there is some truth in what Sangin’ is Sangin’. Normally empty homes are continuously occupied due to the pandemic combined with the heat wave are consuming more energy than normal.
You would need to be operating 5 clothes dryers and 3 air conditioning units and your house still wouldn’t come close to what these Closed businesses were consuming.
The load/demand was down during the shelter-in-place back in May according to PG&E.
In the previous rolling blackouts, stores reported runs on generators. I haven’t heard anything about that this time.
Even Gov. Gavin Newsom has been forced to admit green power falls short.
“The wave of power outages in California during the heat wave of 2020 are mostly in the PG&E power grid area where 21 local green energy-buying cooperatives (called Community Choice Aggregators) are buying green power and green jobs for their communities. These co-ops buy power for 10 million customers in 170 cities and counties and their goal is 100 percent green power by the 2030’s.
California depends on 25 percent imported power, mainly hydropower, from other states. However, the grid operator has been unable to buy much imported power during the regional heat wave. The only remedy for this problem is a diverse mix of power sources with green power no more than 20 to 30 percent of the mix. This heat wave shows the folly of shifting to 100 percent green power during hot spells.”
Too Much Green Power Worsening Blackouts
Green power-buying cooperatives in PG&E area are worsening problem
By Wayne Lusvardi, August 20, 2020 10:58 am