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Cal Stage 1 Power Emergency (Oops Cal ISO did it again!)
California ISO ^ | 3/29/04 | Drudge Report, & Cal ISO

Posted on 03/29/2004 2:56:29 PM PST by Robert357

The California ISO hereby issues a STAGE 1 ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY Notice, effective 03/29/2004 13:50 through 03/29/2004 19:59.

Reason(s):
Due to higher than expected loads and loss of resources South of Path 15.

Operating Reserves are currently, or forecast to be, less than amounts required by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. If Operating Reserves deplete further, the ISO will declare a Stage 2 Electrical Emergency and may begin curtailing Interruptible Loads*.

Monitor system conditions on the California ISO Website at www.caiso.com and check with local electric utilities for additional information. This message was sent by Market Operations at the California ISO.


TOPICS: Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: blackouts; californiaiso; calpowercrisis; government; loadshedding
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To: null and void
Allah should not touch our power plants.
41 posted on 03/29/2004 8:05:34 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"I wonder if Arnoold is aware of this at all?"

Old proverb: "The more things change... the more they stay the same!"

42 posted on 03/29/2004 9:44:54 PM PST by SierraWasp (Coastal CA seems hell-bent on becoming America's version of France!!!)
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To: boris; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert357; Dog Gone; Carry_Okie
"build several new LARGE nuclear plants, soonest."

Oh REALLY? Just who would be so bold as to INVEST in such a foolhardy venture??? (with the activists litigants and lousy legislature we have)

43 posted on 03/29/2004 9:49:46 PM PST by SierraWasp (Coastal CA seems hell-bent on becoming America's version of France!!!)
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To: SierraWasp
We're doomed!
44 posted on 03/29/2004 10:17:18 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Childhood church song... "Brighten the corner, where you are..."

I sure hope nobody's playin grabass while Rome's lights are burning out!!!

45 posted on 03/29/2004 10:25:47 PM PST by SierraWasp (Coastal CA seems hell-bent on becoming America's version of France!!!)
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To: boris
Priority One: build several new LARGE nuclear plants, soonest.

Actually, the small ones are where it's at now. Distributed biomass is also a good idea.

46 posted on 03/29/2004 10:46:12 PM PST by Carry_Okie (And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.)
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To: Carry_Okie
"Actually, the small ones are where it's at now. Distributed biomass is also a good idea."

It sounds like a fancy RTG (radioisotope thermal generator) like the SNAP series we built and tested in the 1960s. Notice how the power level is not stated.

Usually a few kilowatts. I am talking about economies of SCALE, which require a minimum of 500 MEGA watts.

The small ones are definitely not where it's at now--the laws of physics and economics being what they are.

--Boris

47 posted on 03/30/2004 6:23:02 AM PST by boris (The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
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To: boris
The power itself may be more expensive (at seven cents/KW) but lower line losses, the cost of purchasing rights of way, the advantages of a distributed architecture, fewer security issues, minimal waste and transportation issues, intrinsically safe design,...

If nuclear plants had to pay for the insurance for the risks they induce, these small plants would be a slam dunk.

Here is a page of links.

48 posted on 03/30/2004 7:16:56 AM PST by Carry_Okie (And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.)
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To: Carry_Okie
"at seven cents/KW"

A kW is a unit of power. Power is charged by the kW-hour, not by the kW.

--Boris

49 posted on 03/30/2004 10:42:36 AM PST by boris (The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
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To: boris
A kW is a unit of power. Power is charged by the kW-hour, not by the kW.

Did joule really have to make that big a deal out of a typo?

50 posted on 03/30/2004 11:03:16 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly gutless.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Did joule really have to make that big a deal out of a typo?

Watt did you call me?

51 posted on 03/30/2004 11:07:07 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
Watt did you call me?

Thank you, for your heated rejoinder.

52 posted on 03/30/2004 11:17:11 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly gutless.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Posting "facts" like the cost of energy and getting the units wrong undermines--to say the least--one's credibility.
53 posted on 03/30/2004 11:19:21 AM PST by boris (The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
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To: boris
Ohm sure it was an honest mistakes. You are right though, these sorts of errors really Hertz.
54 posted on 03/30/2004 11:22:14 AM PST by Netheron
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To: boris
Posting "facts" like the cost of energy and getting the units wrong undermines--to say the least--one's credibility.

Using two posts to attack a typo while ignoring the economic argument, is worse.

55 posted on 03/30/2004 11:22:23 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly gutless.)
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To: NormsRevenge; snopercod; SierraWasp; boris; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog Gone; Carry_Okie
Not sure if this provides closure or not, but the Cal ISO had problems for over 4 hours. The question that folks have to ask is if this was a transmission path problem, like the ISO would have you believe, or if it was a reserve problem as implied in the T&D magazine article. If it was a reserve problem that is based on the lack of sufficient reserves for the entire state and not just the portion of the state supported by one transmission path!!!!!

A reserve problem is potentially serious and has implications for this summer.

Based on what todays WECC Daily Report said:

Yesterday/Weekend/Holiday Notable Events:

At 1124 PST on Monday March 29, 2004 the CAISO declared a Restricted Maintenance Operation due to higher than anticipated temperatures and load.

At 1224 the CAISO issued a System Warning due to the high temperatures and load and a loss of resources south of Path 15.

At 1350 the CAISO declared a Stage 1 emergency due to an imminent deficiency in Operating Reserves.

At 2000 the CAISO terminated the Stage 1 emergency, System Warning and Restricted Maintenance Operation.

Stage 2 emergency was not reached and no load was interrupted.

Now what happened according to T&D Magazine:

http://tdworld.com/news/California-power-emergency/

Cal-ISO Declares Stage 1 Emergency; SCE Joins Appeal for Conservation as State Power Reserves Fall Below 7%

Mar 30, 2004 3:17 PM
Southern California Edison

With state power reserves falling below 7% and the region coping with unusually high temperatures for early spring, the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) and Southern California Edison yesterday urged customers to reduce electricity use to reduce their consumption of electricity.

This urgent conservation appeal followed a Stage 1 Emergency declaration by Cal-ISO, the nonprofit agency that manages most of California's transmission power grid and secures power supplies for most of the state's consumers.

A Stage 1 Emergency is declared whenever the state's power reserves fall below 7%. Yesterday's declaration, in effect from 1:50 p.m. to 8 p.m., was made because of soaring demand for electricity during a sweltering heat wave and the loss of some power plant generation in California.

SCE encouraged all consumers and businesses to reduce their power use at this time by keeping their air conditioning thermostats set no lower than 78 degrees, reducing office lighting, and using nonessential business equipment and home appliances (e.g., clothes washers/dryers, and dishwashers) in the morning or evening when demand for power is lower.

56 posted on 03/30/2004 1:03:57 PM PST by Robert357
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To: Robert357; Grampa Dave; Carry_Okie; snopercod; NormsRevenge; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Boot Hill; ...
The Demonicrats would LOVE to smear Schwarzenegger with the same tar brush that we smacked Davis with!!!

The Socialista-EnviroWeirdos have deliberately created this shortage in the strongly extreme belief that America in general and CA in particular has too much "cheap" water and power/energy and that their mission is to put a stop to it!!!

When it's so cheap, they can't possibly "control the means of production!!!" This is what they have LIVED FOR and LONGED FOR, ever since the first "Earth Day!" They will torment anyone and everyone until they create what they delite in... A CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S TRADITIONS!!!

It's what their Commonista Professors have taught them! They are causing us all to "reap the whirlwind!" (now that REALLY sucks)

57 posted on 03/30/2004 1:53:42 PM PST by SierraWasp (Coastal CA seems hell-bent on becoming America's version of France!!!)
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To: Robert357; SierraWasp
I suspect there is a substantial reserve problem even though their graph above didn't reflect it.

A sign of that is the incredible (I think) bargains for small fluorescent light bulbs to replace the 75 watt bulbs, often used in lamps. Usage is 20 watts , and is discounted by SCE, your price is 99 cents at Albertson's .
58 posted on 03/30/2004 4:03:38 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow that is cheap for a florecent bulb!

I also just saw an interesting article in the Oakland Trib.

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%7E10834%7E2050789,00.html

Power officials show concern

By Alan Zibel, BUSINESS WRITER

With temperatures rising to more than 90 degrees in Southern California and a spate of power plant outages hitting that part of the state, power officials Monday issued the first electricity emergency of the year.

Still, experts have not predicted any major power problems for this summer, but have said the state could face a power shortage as early as 2006.

"I don't think that this is necessarily an omen about this summer," said Gregg Fishman, spokesman for the California Independent System Operator, which runs most of the state's power grid. "But it certainly should be at least a little bit of a message ... that we're still not fat and happy."

Power grid officials called a Stage One emergency at 1:50 p.m. Monday. That kind of alert -- the least severe of three stages -- was issued because the state's reserve supply of power dipped below 7 percent. Issuing the alert gave state power grid officials increased control over owners of power plants and transmission lines.

Power grid officials lifted the Stage One emergency at 7:59 p.m. The problem was expected to ease today, with forecasts calling for temperatures to cool off and scattered showers in Northern California.

Power officials blamed the Stage One emergency, the first since May 28 of last year, on temperatures that were 10 degrees higher than forecast in Southern California, causing statewide demand to rise about 1,100 megawatts higher than forecast -- enough to supply about 825,000 homes.

They also said 770 megawatts of power supplies -- enough for about 575,000 homes -- dropped out of service Monday morning in Southern California. No problems were reported in Northern California.

Power authorities called on the public to conserve energy by avoiding the use of heavy electrical appliances between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and setting thermostats at 78 degrees or more.

Power emergencies and calls to conserve energy became a routine part of Californians' lives during the state's energy crisis three years ago.

The state's power situation has improved since then, with prices stabilizing and new power plants alleviating shortages.

59 posted on 03/30/2004 4:31:46 PM PST by Robert357
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To: Dog Gone
California voters need to clean house.

Perhaps God needs to clean house.

60 posted on 03/30/2004 4:35:53 PM PST by verity
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