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You understand that Palo Alto et co are on different power grids to Atherton/LAH/MV etc right? Highly localized across the entire bay for the atmospheric river
by armatav 3y ago
You understand that Palo Alto et co are on different power grids to Atherton/LAH/MV etc right?
Highly localized across the entire bay for the atmospheric river a couple weeks ago.
Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
- danans 3y ago> You understand that Palo Alto et co are on different power grids to Atherton/LAH/MV etc right? They are not on a different grid at all. Most of California, and definitely the entire Bay Area is part of the same grid managed by CAISO: https://www.caiso.com/Pages/default.aspx https://www.caiso.com/Pages/default.aspx Palo Alto has its own municipal utility. There is a huge difference. A municipal utility is only responsible for retail electric sales and distribution infrastructure in a specific area. That includes local substations and power lines, which are the likely source of your electricity reliability problems. Palo Alto doesn't manage supply and demand in real time, maintaining 60Hz AC, or run the wholesale electricity markets. CAISO does those, along with transmission and regional interconnects, all of which are functions of the electric grid. The meanings of words matter when discussing these things. > Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Thank you for the pleasant feedback.
- armatav 3y agoSo when we refer to the weather induced disconnections, these are issues with things like trees on the lines and problems with our substations. These are principally managed by the utility, which you know is what I was referencing by “grid”. What more would you like explained here? Live with PG&E and live with PAU and then talk about it. Semantics are totally irrelevant.