Category: Energy Blackouts

  • …if the utility system can’t support a Christmas display…

    The following two links are about a home in Union Vale, NY in Dutchess County.  They set the world record for most lights in a residential Christmas display with 720,420 lights in the display. “Are You Going to Be the One to Get Rid of Santa?” – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/insider/union-vale-christmas-lights.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/realestate/christmas-lights-world-record-ny.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article Independent of…

  • Utility Rate Increases

    She is doing what she is required to do by law. The issue isn’t NYSERDA or the PSC, it’s the science and economics devoid CLCPA that was passed by the government.  Short of getting that repealed,  this will be the norm. What is she supposed to say in her tweet?  “We’re screwed and everyone knows…

  • Texas: Poor energy planning

    This is what poor energy planning leads to and NY State is headed down a similar path.   Texas power grid operator pays Bitcoin miner over $30 million to curb energy usage https://www.techspot.com/news/100066-texas-power-grid-operator-pays-bitcoin-miner-over.html ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas)  has left Texas with an islanded utility system and few interconnections to other states so that they will…

  • Planned blackouts as method to reduce climate change?

    The following link is from the LA Times, but at first blush it looks like something from the Onion. This just goes to show how out of touch people are with the utility system that is the lifeblood of our society.  Does anyone think that a few hours of a fossil fuel plant’s operation will…