Anybody experiencing this??

[sa_butta]

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5568F439-0A77-40E1-AAF7-F2D86B105A89

Near Record Heat Triggering Power Outages
LAST UPDATE: 4/17/2006 5:10:55 PM
Posted By: CyberBob ([email protected])
This story is available on your cell phone at mobile.woai.com (http://woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=DA82DBF9-54AA-4A0A-8639-9A7AECC7C0BF).




The record heat has over-taxed San Antonio’s energy generating capacity, and rolling outages are taking place – not only here, but over a large portion of Texas. Pockets of San Antonio are experiencing 15-minutes outages as CPS Energy scrambles to find enough capacity to serve the entire city. These rolling outages are expected to continue until after sundown.

At this time there is not sufficient generating capacity in the region to reliably serve the public's electricity demand. It is extremely urgent that all electricity customers in the region reduce their use of electricity to the lowest level possible. This includes…

Making sure your thermostat is set at 78° or higher in the summer.
Don't use any electric lighting, appliances or equipment unless absolutely necessary for health or safety.
Don't open refrigerators and freezers more than necessary.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is doing everything possible to return to normal operations. ERCOT is the corporation that administers a portion of Texas' power grid serving approximately 85 percent of the state's electric load, including San Antonio.

[MannyIsGod]

I just saw the crawl on TV. Our power has been fine so far.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I did right in the middle of a post. lollerskatez

[SpursWoman]

Ours is fine too, considering that my no-insulation-and-crappy-old-window-having house is probably greatly contributing to the problem. :(

[Jekka]

This would happen the night I'm writing a paper, wouldn't it? :rolleyes

[Vashner]

Didn't the brand new coal fired plant just open last month on Calaveras??

[timvp]

It is extremely urgent that all electricity customers in the region reduce their use of electricity to the lowest level possible. This includes…

* Making sure your thermostat is set at 78° or higher in the summer.
* Don't use any electric lighting, appliances or equipment unless absolutely necessary for health or safety.
* Don't open refrigerators and freezers more than necessary.

:lol

Good luck with that. My thermostat is staying on 62.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah, mine is on 65 right now. It gets way too damn hot upstairs to leave it at 78. Fuck that. We don't live in an all utilities paid apartment to have to deal with that BS!

[samikeyp]

Since 5p there have been about 4 times that the power has gone out for about 30sec or so but nothing for 15min or anything.

[SpursWoman]

:lol

Good luck with that. My thermostat is staying on 62.


I wish my house would get that cold...at some other time than 4 in the morning. :depressed

[Old School Chic]

Several downtown buildings are losing power for 10-15 minutes in the past few days.

[Solid D]

10 minutes here.

[Vashner]

Yea I remember when Jimmy Carter was like "keep it at 78".. that was the gas crisis..

I got it on 74...

[JoePublic]

No problems here.

[PeterBurns]

Shit.
Every 15 minutes it goes out. Stop using so much power to run SpursTalk Kori....

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

20 minutes in Dallas. Came back on right when our boss was getting ready to send us home for the day at 3 PM. :pctoss

[Old School Chic]

20 minutes in Dallas. Came back on right when our boss was getting ready to send us home for the day at 3 PM. :pctoss


:depressed

[ObiwanGinobili]

no power loss for me but it made the Situation Room. parts of dallas, austin, houston , fort worth % San Antonio.

[PM5K]

Turn Off Your Computers, You Are Using All Of The Electricity!

[Old School Chic]

Turn Off Your Computers, You Are Using All Of The Electricity!

:lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

rolling brownouts here in Dallas...our power was out for like an hour.

"TXU is trying to save energy" the radio told me.

TXU is such a markass company. That's a bitch move.

[ShoogarBear]

Damn, the last time I heard of rolling outages it was in California a few years ago.

Of course, that turned out to all be part of Enron's scams . . .

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

We had rolling blackouts through 8 PM tonight in Dallas. What a fucking chump move, TXU. :flipoff

[Vashner]

102 today argh...

[ChumpDumper]

Well, we did hit a record high today in Austin, so I can see why they were unprepared.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Unfrickinbelievable. On the news just now they said that a quarter of the energy producing plants are down for maintenance right now because it's typically not hot this time of year.

It's almost fucking May. In Texas.

How stupid can you be?

[Vashner]

On the real estate show last weekend they said San Antonio added over 100,000 new homes built last year. Now imagine each house has a 200 Amp box lol..

That's not counting ANY of the new retail footage. Which I bet is in the millions of square feet.

[Solid D]

On the real estate show last weekend they said San Antonio added over 100,000 new homes built last year. Now imagine each house has a 200 Amp box lol..

That's not counting ANY of the new retail footage. Which I bet is in the millions of square feet.


....3.....2.....1....(awaiting Buddy Holly census update)

[Das Texan]

guess i'll definitely have to add those solar panels to my dwelling once i purchase it.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Unfrickinbelievable. On the news just now they said that a quarter of the energy producing plants are down for maintenance right now because it's typically not hot this time of year.

It's almost fucking May. In Texas.

How stupid can you be?


artificially reducing supply early...they're gonna ruin us in energy bills this summer.

RUIINNN USSS

[Nbadan]

Despite all the publicity, anyone notice how they didn't ask anyone to conserve energy? Don't you think turning off unneccessary lights and appliances until nightfall, at least, was called for?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Despite all the publicity, anyone notice how they didn't ask anyone to conserve energy? Don't you think turning off unneccessary lights and appliances until nightfall, at least, was called for?

Um, yeah, I don't know what they're saying in SA, but up here in Dallas the top of the news was about the blackouts, how there would probably be more in the coming days if it remained hot, and to conserve energy as much as possible between the hours of 2 PM and 7 PM by turning off unnecessary appliances/electronics and bumping up the AC to 78 degrees.

Put down the conspiracy crack pipe.

[T Park]

Im sure this is all Bush's fault.

[Horry For 3!]

My power went out for awhile and it was out everywhere in my neighborhood.

[MannyIsGod]

Despite all the publicity, anyone notice how they didn't ask anyone to conserve energy? Don't you think turning off unneccessary lights and appliances until nightfall, at least, was called for?Did you read the first article?

[kris]

Yeah my power is down and out like Apollo Creed when he faced Drago.

[pache100]

Despite all the publicity, anyone notice how they didn't ask anyone to conserve energy? Don't you think turning off unneccessary lights and appliances until nightfall, at least, was called for?\

Every announcement I heard (many) about the blackouts yesterday were accompanied by a plea to conserve as much as possible.

[George W Bush]

Im sure this is all Bush's fault.

I do not appreciate the leaking of this information.