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

Have you considered building more power plants? Other areas don't have these problems... -- nm

Posted by Ender Sep 6 '20, 19:49

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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

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