RE: Second day of rolling blackouts starts
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:11:35PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
What's wrong with this picture? I see the generators, holding a shotgun at PG&E's neck, and telling the state that they'll pull the triggers if the state doesn't come up with the dough. They're not even wearing a mask! Yet, no one is seeing anything wrong with this and they're acting like it's PG&E's fault.
Is the situation any different in the LA area, where Los Angelas Water and Power is city-owned, and they own a big chunk of their own hydro capacity (or were they forced to divest that)>
The city of LA DWP currently has extra power and is selling their reserves to the rest of the state. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/humble PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:
The city of LA DWP currently has extra power and is selling their reserves to the rest of the state.
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The SF Board of supe's is looking into a similar scenario, and of course PG&E is trying to dissuade them. The City/County of SF is much smaller than LA, and we already have a generating station here in the city. With the 333 Market St. NAP pretty much full, and more construction slated for China Basin, it might be a good idea for SF to own and operate the transmission and generation infrastructure. Doesn't Silicon Valley Power have a similar operation going in Santa Clara? -Jay Miles Fidelman wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:
The city of LA DWP currently has extra power and is selling their reserves to the rest of the state.
Thanks for the info.
Ahhh the wonders of owning one's own infrastructure.
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Richard A. Steenbergen