Half of AZ to Have Rolling Blackouts Due to COLD Weather. Not Kidding

whats that supposed to mean? electric vehicles can be powered a variety of ways besides the lame-ass power grid.

Crews from Kentucky and Tennessee are here in Ohio fixing power lines. We have a lot of ice and I lost power during the night, back on now. Thanks TN!

Yes, but most heaters require electric to run or to click on. The good thing Is that you can still light a gas oven and stove for heat.

Yes, Prescott is a pretty cool place. However, it's best not to say so, as we have enough people moving here already.

sorry but us "hippy freaks" want SOLAR CARS! OR Permanet Magnetic Motor Cars! We are not all flakes ya know.

Wonder if SRP is selling to other colder states at a higher rate.

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First thing I thought....

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Where do you live, Im in Ahwatukee and mine is out as well

THIS.

Al Roker just announced on the morning show that they are having rolling blackouts in TX to help protect their grid.
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Well, and strangely enough, I suddenly can't remember his exact words...I think he said "protect", but can't say for certain. I was overcome with BS fumes and my brain stopped functioning.

Sounds like BS to me.

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I'll bet they are selling power to other regions at a premium price and leaving their own people in rolling blackouts.

Exactly.
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I'm near Sedona, down to 19 this morning and supposed to go down to 9 tonight.

NE Mesa...

I'm just confused now, I highly doubt we're using more power than they can create cause of the cold. Please remember, it doesn't get that cold here at night, compared to other places. But we'll have 5mos of 100+ heat over 3/4's of the state and usually, never a hiccup so I call total bs on their answer. I'm thinking the same for TX.

'electric' and 'solar' are for suckers. why not water? hho's are gaining momentum and are easily adapted to today's vehicles.

today they are hybrids... tomorrow they will be 100%. no pollution... no scarcity... tptb hate them.


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"The planned power outages ended just before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning."

Case closed.


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You have friggin' Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station nearby, with 3 1000MW reactors as I recall. (Maybe one of those got decommissioned? That would still leave two.) There should be a few kilowatts that you could borrow from LA to avert blackouts.

b.s.
and there are planned outages in half the state? and texas too? whatever, believe everything msm feeds you?
it's due to geomagnetic storms and a coronal mass ejection
[link to spaceweather.com]

Is that fahrenheit?

Just wondering but I know a lot of the reservoirs with hydro power are sitting at low levels from the ongoing drought. If it gets cold enough to freeze, maybe that affects power generation? I doubt the facilities were designed to handle long periods of freezing temperatures. Maybe they had to shut down some power generation.

This could also be due to global warming.

rolling blackouts here in El Paso, TX too...

This is odd. So they do a "rolling blackout" during the night when power usage is at a minimum, but then at 8am when companies are going fulll blast they end them?

How does this make any sense? Guess I'll have to ring my SRP contacts, except they're on the water side (SRP = Salt River Project, originally they were a water utility not electric, that came after the dams were built in the early 1900s).

No, no drought, hope you're joking. We had epic rain last few years and great snow so our lake levels aren't the prob.

Same in Austin TX. Think FEMA is testing its scenarios?

Hmmmmm, good question.

I saw this coming when they first started pushing those stupid-looking little rollerskate electric cars.

In Oregon, (as I'm sure in other states too) they depend on gasoline taxes for road maintenance etc. Well, some Gov't pencil-pusher has figured out that if people are using electric, they aren't using gas. So guess what? They are gonna start using mileage meters or mileage reporting in order to GET THOSE GAS TAXES!!! They are saying somewhere between $80 and $150 per year for the "average" user (whatever the heck THAT means!).

So let's see...$40,000 for the car, plus the cost of electricity to re-charge it, plus $5000 for a new battery when the old one poops out after two or three years, plus an additional "gas-tax" charge = a little rolling death-trap that only the uber-rich can afford! So, guess I'll hang onto my 1989 Volvo which gets 25 mpg, is paid for, and is SAFE in an accident!

Oh, and I read awhile back that when these electric cars ARE involved in an accident, they are EXTREMELY dangerous for the rescue workers because they can explode.

Back on subject, please bundle up and stay warm and safe.

There are two electric companies in AZ. SRP and APS. Palo Verde is APS no

PV actually sells power to LA. SRP handles roughly the eastern half of AZ.

It must be the Northern half of the state. I'm setting here in Southern Cochise County and we've had no power outages.

Today is predicted to be 34*f/9*f,,, ya I know I was raised in Ohio and that could seem like a spring day to some. But take into consideration it was near 80*f on Sunday.