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California's power alerts have added a new item to conservation efforts during an emergency - don't charge your electric car.

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Sep 6 '20, 18:50

This along with setting thermostats at 78 or higher and not using major appliances during the emergency period. Right now 3:00 - 9:00 pm tonight.

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Have you considered building more power plants? Other areas don't have these problems... -- nm - Ender Sep 6, 19:49 15
- We had a nuclear power station just down the coast. They shut it down. I know we're trying to go with clean energy but we're not quite up to speed yet - Meg Sep 6, 20:03 12
  - It's still leaking. That's why they shut it down, but they haven't been able to stop it. -- nm - jnine Sep 6, 20:11
  - there's so much solar here it's getting to the point that it could overload the grid. they're changing the incentives to encourage batteries now. - mafic Sep 6, 20:10 4
    - What happened to the solar grids Elon was going to put in for free? Did he? -- nm - jnine Sep 6, 20:11 3
      - that was batteries, 100 megawatts in 100 days or it's free. he did it over in South Australia. they're expanding it by 50% this year. - mafic Sep 6, 20:43 2
        
        There was also a program to provide solar to up to 50k homes in South Australia that wouldn't cost the homeowners. - TWuG Sep 6, 20:46 1
        
        that was a deal with the SA government I think. they were installing on social housing to start. SA has good battery rebates now. still not quite - mafic Sep 6, 21:25
  - PGE shuts down power in N CA when it's hot because they didn't use their profits to maintain their lines and they keep starting fires. When they get - jnine Sep 6, 20:09 5
    - My understanding is that inverse condemnation means they don't even need to be sued to have to pay up, leaving them at the mercy of a state bailout... -- (edited) - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 6, 20:49 3
      - That's not how inverse condemnation works. They were sued for starting the Paradise and Kincade fires. They declared bankruptcy, worked out a - jnine Sep 6, 22:05 2
        
        It's entirely possible I misunderstood the details. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 6, 22:11 1
        
        It's tricky but PGE is not entirely private or public. There are over 100 different PG&E entities in Northern CA, all with different shareholders. - jnine Sep 6, 22:29
    - ^ that should be in response to Ender -- nm - jnine Sep 6, 20:12
- It's not the power plants. It's the leaky grid that starts fires. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 19:56 1
  - Er, not JUST the power plants, I guess. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 19:56
with all this sunshine and solar farms I have to know why Ca & NV power companies haven't built their infrastructure to take the added loads. - Peglegpete Sep 6, 18:54 3
- remember Enron, power companies learned to run at near capacity, reap profits when the grid overloads -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 18:59 1
  - Warren Buffet owns Nevada Power. we tried to end the monopoly last election and the lemmings stuck with him. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 6, 19:23
- They're working on it but it takes money and friendly politics. -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 18:57

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