tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post3205823314039954825..comments2023-11-02T00:33:00.040-07:00Comments on Sowell's Law Blog: Busted Earth HourRoger Sowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-88761544070742467682010-02-26T01:16:48.198-08:002010-02-26T01:16:48.198-08:00Thanks a lot for sharing this info..
Earth Hour Sy...Thanks a lot for sharing this info..<br /><a href="http://visitsydneyharbour.blogspot.com/2010/02/sydney-harbour-earth-hour-dinner-cruise.html" rel="nofollow">Earth Hour Sydney</a>Johan Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03813572275878362625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-13177594876821029172009-12-22T08:58:55.338-08:002009-12-22T08:58:55.338-08:00it really very good.
I love it !
I like it !
...it really very good. <br />I love it !<br />I like it ! <br /> thanks :)- . <br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">Bathmate</a>bathmatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828026417866333107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-73114071174055463532009-03-31T19:47:00.000-07:002009-03-31T19:47:00.000-07:00Mr. FB, A couple of the finer points about that gr...Mr. FB, <BR/><BR/>A couple of the finer points about that graph, which you will appreciate. <BR/><BR/>CAISO prepares a forecast, typically 24 hours ahead, but sometimes there is a revised forecast that is created as the day wears on and conditions warrant. This is quite prudent and indeed necessary, as CAISO is the outfit that orders up additional power before it is needed, and orders generators to stand down when appropriate. The green line depicts this. <BR/><BR/>The original forecast line is erased and replaced with the revised. Both are shown by gray lines, with slightly different dashing, I think. <BR/><BR/>The original forecast, and the revision, if any, may be more easily seen before 11:45 p.m. when I downloaded the chart. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that the gray line captured on my little blog had no revisions as this day was humdrum from a power standpoint.<BR/><BR/>Also, a highly-placed executive with a major California utility told me they did not give the Hippy Hour a second thought. He is not a client so this violates no ethics rules. <BR/><BR/>Mr. FB, I have just a bit more to tell you on this subject, but it is not appropriate for these very public blog comments. If you would be so kind as to drop me a note at my email address, I will tell you in private by return email. <BR/><BR/>my office email is rsowell@resowell-law.comRoger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-59458455243554300592009-03-31T18:28:00.000-07:002009-03-31T18:28:00.000-07:00What a fun graph, Mr Sowell. One thing isn't clea...What a fun graph, Mr Sowell. <BR/><BR/>One thing isn't clear to me. We see a grey forecasting line, and a pretty accurate forecast it looks too. But was that forecast made by assuming reduced consumption during Futile Hippy Gesture Hour?TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-51982522407094276542009-03-30T07:11:00.000-07:002009-03-30T07:11:00.000-07:00“Mr. P, I am not sure from where your information ...“Mr. P, I am not sure from where your information derives.”<BR/><BR/>My information comes from observation and filtering out the BS.<BR/><BR/>Utilities have an ethical obligation to deliver electrical 24/ regardless whatever pseudo plan the state has. <BR/><BR/>“we have had no blackouts”<BR/><BR/>Actually California has many unnecessary blackouts. California has gotten past the unnecessary 'rolling' blackouts caused by inadequate capacity planning. The time to authorize new plants and transmission lines, and substation is before the the power goes off. <BR/><BR/>If a couple million citizens are without electricity at the same time because of random equipment failures, it is an indication that the utility is inept. <BR/><BR/>Rolling blackouts did not have to be ordered because of bad management to good performance or conservation.Kit Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-61171038945722868512009-03-29T14:21:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:21:00.000-07:00Mr. P, I am not sure from where your information d...Mr. P, I am not sure from where your information derives. The facts are these: California did have a period of insufficient power generating capacity, and the governor did issue a call for conservation. A state-plan was established known as Flex Your Power. It requested people to wait until after 6 p.m. to run washers, dryers, dishwashers, and other household appliances. <BR/><BR/>Then the state authorized and investors built more generating plants, and we have had no blackouts. There are also voluntary load reduction plans, where a consumer receives a lower power price if he allows his power to be reduced or cut off during a heat wave. The workers go home, so it is not certain how much power is saved. Perhaps they sit in their cars on the freeways until the traffic clears and by then the power crisis is over.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-65476482404790523492009-03-29T14:11:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:11:00.000-07:00Ms. Jeanette,Thank you! I hope you are right abou...Ms. Jeanette,<BR/><BR/>Thank you! I hope you are right about WWF losing more sponsors, as they likely will as the weather turns colder and the seas do not rise. Even the dimmest folks eventually catch on when they are being conned. It just takes a bit longer for some! <BR/><BR/>I will post a companion item next week based on a non-Earth Hour Saturday. It should be interesting to compare the two graphs.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-49165544296999607982009-03-29T08:36:00.000-07:002009-03-29T08:36:00.000-07:00Roger, the folks in California are so predictable....Roger, the folks in California are so predictable. You are aware that checking facts is not allowed in California. A few years back your governor was pleading with people to conserve so rolling black outs would not be required. After the heat wave passed, Arnold thank the people for conserving. However, lower demand was not the result of conservation, it was the result of forced outages because California utilities have old equipment that has not been updated for higher loads.Kit Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-14989073936634777032009-03-29T08:32:00.000-07:002009-03-29T08:32:00.000-07:00Glad to see that a record is being kept. Perhaps ...Glad to see that a record is being kept. Perhaps the World Wildlife Fund, the lights-out sponsor as I understand it, will lose many of its charitable donors. It has lost my extended family's contributions. I wish records like yours could be combined and posted for the world to see.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811175315920598010noreply@blogger.com