California: 1. End coal, don't replace with nuclear. Power capacity plummets 2. Buy from neighbors to cover spikes. Neighbors use coal for this 3. Neighbors stop selling during their own spikes-->blackouts in CA 4. "Neighbors must end their coal use"http://archive.is/MZ8A2
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While weather does play a role, California is not uniquely susceptible to the demand spikes. The rolling blackouts in the Enron era were artificial supply shortages. The sad part about this week is that they didn't actually hit a demand peak. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/business/california-blackouts.html …
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The blackouts were planned based on forecasts and then never called off when the forecasts failed to materialize. This is just incompetence.
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Highly populous state where every home has AC. I’d bet there’s a study where incremental rise in temp results in exponential increase in power consumption. And more of those homes are inland now than when you were a kid.
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Sounds ideal match for PV with peak demand when hot and sunny, why doesn’t the power company add more solar?
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See net demand chart: http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx … Not so much spike. Solar goes down when sun goes down or cloud cover. Has to be made up with hydro imports or nat gas. Import transmission lines can become constrained (cuz physics) by high in-state demand, fires, etc...
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The afternoon ramp has been made worse by solar. Internal constraints have been made worse by nuclear shutdown. Transmission infrastructure hasn't kept up. Minimizing risks to the western grid requires limiting California demand.
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