I know there's been a lot of severe weather all over the place this winter, but take a look at our situation. Rolling blackouts began the night before a severe blizzard, after several weeks of extreme and unusual cold weather.
"We don't build the system to meet extreme circumstances, because it becomes very costly," said Henderson. "So what we do is we plan our generation to meet what we'd call a normal cold winter day,.."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/we-saw-this-coming-n-l-hydro-official-on-power-rationing-1.2483580
The power generation utility is at 1/3 of actual capacity with 2 of 3 generators down for repairs, basically in the dead of winter when need is greatest. When demand increased because of the extreme weather, we were told to take conservation measures and face rolling blackouts because they could not meet demand.
Of course another incident - a fire in a transformer - actually shut down the whole grid at the height of the chilling weather and blizzard conditions. None of our power deficit was caused by the actual weather - unlike the ice situation in Toronto for example. No lines brought down or the like. It was all about the management of the utility.
Is this negligence or what?
Power Monopoly, Not Up for Severe Weather!
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