Shape of things to come

WestlinnDuck

You can either roast in the sun or freeze in the dark. After all, this is the 21st century. You have to be run by leftards to phuck up the basics. No police, no power.

https://www.kron4.com/news/california/california-iso-declares-statewide-stage-2-emergency-due-to-increased-energy-use-amid-heat-wave/

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — PG&E has been directed by the California Independent System Operator (ISO) to begin shutting off power as CAISO has declared a statewide Stage 3 Emergency due to excessive heat driving up electricity use and putting strain on the grid.

The power outages will affect about 200,000 to 250,000 customers at a time in rotating power outages.

Other utilities in California are being directed to take similar actions.

The power will be turned off in rotating blocks until about 11 p.m. Power could be out for about one hour for each block.

42,455 Sonoma County residents are expected to be impacted by blackouts.

As of 9:04 p.m., PG&E says no more outages are planned for Friday night. Crews are working to restore power to those customers who were affected by the shutoffs.

Full restoration is expected by 11 p.m.

Sledog

They take down the tits which was 15% of power production. They replaced it with whining, crying and the gnashing of teeth.

WestlinnDuck

Cali now going full Jimmy Carter and solving the energy problem with admonishment to sweat your ass off.

GrundleStiltzkin

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1295893388361834496

NorthwestFresh

I remember when the Soviet Union did this to quell unrest in the republics. Daddy government controls all.

RaceBannon

I live in the third world



shithole

Goduckies

last time this happened they recalled the governor and we ended up with the Govenator

MikeDamone

California can do what it wants. I assume they like not having enough power

YouKnowIt

SFGbob

Thankfully I live on the side of the hill that doesn't need AC but if you're anywhere in the central valley or too far away from the ocean anywhere south of Santa Cruz right now you're roasting in California. This "shortage" is entirely the fault of the Rat party and the Green New Deal supporters.

We pay some of the highest rates in country for electricity and our shitty state government has us living like Haitians when it comes to our power supply.

RaceBannon

SFGbob said:

Thankfully I live on the side of the hill that doesn't need AC but if you're anywhere in the central valley or too far away from the ocean anywhere south of Santa Cruz right now you're roasting in California. This "shortage" is entirely the fault of the Rat party and the Green New Deal supporters.

Cali shut down natural gas generation of power without a substitute and instead of a surplus we have rolling blackouts

This is the brain power of your leftist government hack

WestlinnDuck

With the blackouts for the Santa Ana winds and now this - I'd be looking at a good size generator - just like in the third world.

greenblood

California inching closer and closer to Venezuela by the day.

RaceBannon

MikeDamone

RaceBannon said:

Looks photoshopped

SFGbob

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

Looks photoshopped

Never gets old.

SFGbob

RaceBannon said:

SFGbob said:

Thankfully I live on the side of the hill that doesn't need AC but if you're anywhere in the central valley or too far away from the ocean anywhere south of Santa Cruz right now you're roasting in California. This "shortage" is entirely the fault of the Rat party and the Green New Deal supporters.

Cali shut down natural gas generation of power without a substitute and instead of a surplus we have rolling blackouts

This is the brain power of your leftist government hack

Natural gas generation was initially pushed in California as a method to do away with the remaining coal fired power plants. They built plenty of them but Jerry Brown and now Newsom have been busy shutting them down.

UW_Doog_Bot

I got a flex alert to conserve.


Went and turned on my AC even though I don't need to.

RaceBannon

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I got a flex alert to conserve.


Went and turned on my AC even though I don't need to.

I need to

August swamp weather

doogie

Why not just buy power on the open market at market price?

California has a big — and growing — glut of power, an investigation by the Los Angeles Times has found. The state’s power plants are on track to be able to produce at least 21% more electricity than it needs by 2020, based on official estimates. And that doesn’t even count the soaring production of electricity by rooftop solar panels that has added to the surplus.

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-capacity/

SFGbob

doogie said:

Why not just buy power on the open market at market price?

California has a big — and growing — glut of power, an investigation by the Los Angeles Times has found. The state’s power plants are on track to be able to produce at least 21% more electricity than it needs by 2020, based on official estimates. And that doesn’t even count the soaring production of electricity by rooftop solar panels that has added to the surplus.

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-capacity/

The problems come when you have a heatwave like we're experiencing now and the sun goes down. No electrical generation from solar panels at night, and the other states aren't willing to sell you their surplus because they are all experiencing increased load demands from their customers. The state should have kept enough NG powered electrical generating power stations around but they dismantled them on account of the Green Energy requirements mandated by the state government.