PGE (Power, Greed and Extortion) Power-cut playlist

[wgscott]

Living up to the E in its name, they are going to turn the screws on northern Cali for a few days (perhaps until Gov. Gavin Greaseball screams "uncle" and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless PGE from all future customer incineration and explosion events).

 

So ... we need a playlist (at least until the iPhone loses its 3 hour charge).

[wgscott]

 

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[wgscott]

I have 31 solar panels, but they are grid-tied.

 

I need to get a battery if they keep this crap up.

 

Oh, and here is another:

 

 

[wgscott]

Really, I just need to be able to charge my Di2 battery and have internet.

[wgscott]

Clearly you aren't required to run a hot-tub for the benefit of your avatar.

[wgscott]

2 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

 

Don't need electricity for heat? 

 

 

[wgscott]

Besides, it hardly even snows here most winters.  California needs to HTFU.

[wgscott]

So far, nothing has happened here.  (Further north, they have cut power to half a million households and businesses.)  Although it is a bit dry, the air is calm (no wind).  So they have postponed the shutdown until two hours from now.  

 

I've wasted much of the day preparing for a deal that never went down.

 

 

[wgscott]

2 hours ago, SuperRu said:

Is all this stuff really meant to make us all fearful?. Get us to tow the line.

 

To get the governor/legislature to tow the line, i.e., so that they agree to indemnify and hold harmless PGE from all future (and perhaps also past) customer incineration and gas explosion events.

 

They learned strong-arm tactics from the Enron days.

[wgscott]

They turned us off about 11:00 pm last night.  No HINT of any wind.  A slight breeze this morning.  Otherwise, such stillness that it takes four hours for a dog fart to dissipate.  Listening to the symphony of generators at the moment. 

 

I think I hate PG&E even more than Comcast now.

[wgscott]

They have the ability to fine-tune their blackouts.  Think back to the Enron days.