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Last night's issue was not curtailed transmission capacity, there simply isn't enough electricity for everyone in the western US to run their air conditioners a
by khuey 6y ago
Last night's issue was not curtailed transmission capacity, there simply isn't enough electricity for everyone in the western US to run their air conditioners at these temperatures.
- jeffbee 6y agoThat's interesting that you tie it to the region, rather than the state. I was wondering why they had to shed load when the demand according to the CAISO dashboard was only about 90% of the all-time record demand (which was set in 2006).
- khuey 6y agoCalifornia imports a lot of electricity (18% of consumption at this moment) so we can be affected by what's going on in nearby states (particularly in the Pacific NW where we draw a lot of hydropower from). Installed generating capacity is probably down from 2006 too. Electricity usage is flat or declining and old coal power stations have been phased out in CA.