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There have been sporadic rolling brownouts in the last couple of years, that said, CALISO has also had regional power outages due to high winds - Santa Cruz Mou
by jmspring 3y ago
There have been sporadic rolling brownouts in the last couple of years, that said, CALISO has also had regional power outages due to high winds - Santa Cruz Mountains, above Oroville/northern CA, etc. Let's also not forget the significant number of outages that happen regularly due to lack of maintenance on infrastructure in mountainous and rural areas.
I happen to have a coop that has been more stable the last 8 years mainly because when there is a PG&E outage, there is back up power from Nevada Energy (or whatever it's called).
Also on the line maintenance front - Dixie Fire. Granted there are tree maintenance, property owner problems, etc.
For an all electric infrastructure, more generation and better maintained infrastructure is needed. I think microgrids for areas that have the open land would be something to consider.
- jeffbee 3y agoSwitching the primary energy source from solar or wind to nuclear wouldn't do anything about the need to de-energize certain branch circuits during high wind events. It's worth discussing, but it doesn't make sense as an antisolar talking point.