[30407] in North American Network Operators' Group
California electric power on the ragged edge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Aug 3 20:10:46 2000
Date: 3 Aug 2000 17:08:44 -0700
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As you may remember in may the NERC, the National Electrical
Reliablility Council issued a press release announcing that
generation and transmission resources are expected to be
adequate in most areas this summer.
Today's New York Times has a story about the close call
in California yesterday. Available electrical capacity
dropped near 3% reserve in the afternoon, leading to concern
CAISO would need to declare a "stage three emergency" and
begin controlled rolling blackouts across california.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/080300ca-power.html
In June, PG&E used rolling blackouts around the San Francisco
Bay area.
