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Having lived on the east coast with blackouts lasting up to a week with some regularity and in Texas with one major blackout from a historical event.. I'll stic

Having lived on the east coast with blackouts lasting up to a week with some regularity and in Texas with one major blackout from a historical event.. I'll stick to Texas. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/pepco-week-long-restoration-effort-in-dc-region/ https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/pepco-week-long-resto...

ceejayoz 3y ago
Texas has a lot more than the one blackout. Large storms cause any energy provider problems. For example: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/18/east-texas-power-outages/ https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/18/east-texas-power-out... > More than 160,000 of their customers in East Texas and Louisiana remain without power as of 4 p.m. Sunday. Some Texans may have to wait for full restoration until June 23 — a week after losing power, the provider said.
- vorpalhex 3y ago
  > An Enhanced Fujita-1 tornado measuring a half-mile wide caused severe damage to homes in Panola County in East Texas on Friday before moving to northwest Louisiana. The tornado had winds up to 110 mph with a 7.78-mile path length, according to estimates from the National Weather Service. Are you expecting Texas to roll out Tornado proof lines?
  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    > Are you expecting Texas to roll out Tornado proof lines? No, I'm expecting Texas to be just as vulnerable to severe weather damaging lines requiring a week's repairs as DC.
toast0 3y ago
I don't think the problem there is regulation, but scope of storms and suitability of undergrounding transmission lines in the local geography. Maybe a bit of regulation there, although it's at the state level: under WA law, my utility has to charge affected users the additional costs related to installing wires underground and must gather their consent, unless there are special circumstances that allow them to pay for it out of general funds. This usually means not a lot of undergrounding, because people usually don't want to pay the costs.

ceejayoz 3y ago

Texas has a lot more than the one blackout. Large storms cause any energy provider problems. For example: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/18/east-texas-power-outages/ https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/18/east-texas-power-out... > More than 160,000 of their customers in East Texas and Louisiana remain without power as of 4 p.m. Sunday. Some Texans may have to wait for full restoration until June 23 — a week after losing power, the provider said.

vorpalhex 3y ago
> An Enhanced Fujita-1 tornado measuring a half-mile wide caused severe damage to homes in Panola County in East Texas on Friday before moving to northwest Louisiana. The tornado had winds up to 110 mph with a 7.78-mile path length, according to estimates from the National Weather Service. Are you expecting Texas to roll out Tornado proof lines?
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  > Are you expecting Texas to roll out Tornado proof lines? No, I'm expecting Texas to be just as vulnerable to severe weather damaging lines requiring a week's repairs as DC.

toast0 3y ago

I don't think the problem there is regulation, but scope of storms and suitability of undergrounding transmission lines in the local geography. Maybe a bit of regulation there, although it's at the state level: under WA law, my utility has to charge affected users the additional costs related to installing wires underground and must gather their consent, unless there are special circumstances that allow them to pay for it out of general funds. This usually means not a lot of undergrounding, because people usually don't want to pay the costs.