time2roll wrote:
SPRey wrote:
time2roll wrote:
SPRey wrote:
California is the 3rd largest electricity producer--behind Texas and Florida, and #1 in solar, geothermal and biomass) has rolling blackouts every summer because the demand for electricity exceeds production.
You keep repeating this lie. Please provide a link.
Guess I am also your research assistant...lol.
In 2018, California had a total summer capacity of 75,926 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 195,265 GWh. Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources. Utility-scale solar photovoltaic and thermal sources together generated 13.8% of electricity in 2018. Small-scale solar including customer-owned PV panels delivered an additional net 12,919 GWh to California's electrical grid, equal to about half the generation by the state's utility-scale facilities.
Liberal leaning Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_California
The rolling blackouts every summer due to inadequate supply I have trouble with.
California has first rolling blackouts in 19 years
And 19 years ago it was part of the entanglement with Enron
Homey, blaming others (Enron) may feel good, but it ignores the real problem: that was then and now is now. The problem today is Cali is unable to produce electricity and must import it. And here is the problem, moving power from "there to here" requires transmission lines.
From a 2017 report that fell on deaf ears--
Much of the U.S. energy system predates the turn of the 20th century. Most electric transmission and distribution lines were constructed in the 1950s and 1960s with a 50-year life expectancy, and the more than 640,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in the lower 48 states’ power grids are at full capacity. Energy infrastructure is undergoing increased investment to ensure long-term capacity and sustainability; in 2015, 40% of additional power generation came from natural gas and renewable systems. Without greater attention to aging equipment, capacity bottlenecks, and increased demand, as well as increasing storm and climate impacts, Americans will likely experience longer and more frequent power interruptions.https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Energy-Final.pdfEquipment failure and human error is the main cause.
According to NERC, the leading cause of electric transmission outages in California is Faulty Equipment/Human Error.
California experienced 118 electric transmission outages from 1992 to 2009, affecting a total of 19,772,487 electric customers.
Transmission Line Faults and Overloads affected the largest number of electric customers as a result of electric transmission outages.https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/09/f33/CA_Energy%20Sector%20Risk%20Profile.pdfUp until 2019, I lived in So Cali (native born--66 years young this year) and ever since the big one (2000) we experienced 3-4 power outages each year; some briefly some more than 24 hours. All were related to overloads. The power surge destroyed some of my electronics and SCE paid for the damages.
From Cali ISO--Historical demand for power was July 24, 2006 with 50,270 MW, which exceeded supply. Cali can only produce about 3/4 of that.
http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspxAnd we have left leaning Bloomberg that concluded between October 15, 2017 - December 31, 2019, California had 50,015 interruptions (blackouts) that impacted 51,192,509 customers.
https://www.bloomenergy.com/bloom-energy-outage-mapA few years ago I read the cost to run 1 mile of transmission lines was a couple million dollars....hmm, times 640,000 miles; that's a lot of dough!
Not saying those with electric cars are wrong, just suggesting there will be a problem when demand for electricity outpaces available supply.
There you have it, argument and sources that blackouts were not limited to just 2000, 2019 and 2020. Sorry homey, they happen every year.
