[142468] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wacky Weekend: NERC to relax power grid frequency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Mon Jun 27 13:24:28 2011
From: "Matthew Black" <black@csulb.edu>
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>,NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:19:07 -0700
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Reply-To: Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu>
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:29:14 -0400
Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
> The North American Electric Reliability Council is planning to relax
> the standards for how closely power utilities must hold to 60.00Hz.
>
> Here's my absolute favorite quote of all time:
>
> Tweaking the power grid's frequency is expensive and takes a lot of
>effort,
> said Joe McClelland, head of electric reliability for the Federal Energy
> Regulatory Commission.
I blinked too after hearing of this. They say it's an economic issue because
it costs millions of dollars to maintain a steady frequency. Excuse me...we
probably spend over $50 billion per year on electricity and they're
complaining about a few million. Talk about pinching pennies!
matthew black
e-mail postmaster
california state university, long beach
