I actually asked the CAISO folks to set up a notification mailing list. This was their response:
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:09:26 -0800 From: WebMaster <WebMaster@caiso.com> Subject: RE: Emailed Market Notices
Thank you for your interest in energy conservation. The ISO is currently investigating direct notification of the end-user community. There will be a general announcement if the ISO implements such a program.
Although services such as the one you mention are interesting, the ISO must be concerned about the security of any system it establishes. We have already had reports of "sham" notifications of electrical emergencies in the Sacramento area and possibly in other areas.
I offered to help them set up a PGP-signed system, but got no response. --Lloyd On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, John A. Tamplin wrote:
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:10:28 -0600 (CST) From: John A. Tamplin <jat@liveonthenet.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Early warning system
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote:
A mailing list per block seems a good idea. That way customers could subscribe to the list(s) in which they have equipment. The problem is that PG&E has been shutting down PORTIONS of a block. The next shutdown will be "within block 14". So a notification that block 14 is going down would only mean that your power MIGHT be going out. :-(
Or simply a smarter mailing list which applies additional selection criteria to the mailings. That might include block number, whether they have interruptible contract, etc.
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