Power outage in Auburn CA due to failed utility equipment

[h2ofun]

Got a friend who lives in Northern Calilf, Auburn, who got an alert they were going to do a rolling back out of him from 4 to 7. Will find out tomorrow if happened,
BUT, this early in the season. And this states wants us to use MORE electricity, and they cannot even keep it on for a 100 degree day?

 

[getakey]

is he on PG&E?
The Cal ISO energy supply/demand curves look fine. Way under max capacity

California ISO - Today's Outlook

Monitor real-time grid conditions. View current and historical data for demand, net-demand, supply, renewables, CO2 emissions and wholesale energy prices.

www.caiso.com

 

[h2ofun]

is he on PG&E?
The Cal ISO energy supply/demand curves look fine. Way under max capacity

California ISO - Today's Outlook

Monitor real-time grid conditions. View current and historical data for demand, net-demand, supply, renewables, CO2 emissions and wholesale energy prices.

www.caiso.com

I believe PG&E. Will try to find more details tomorrow. Maybe wife misheard.

 

[Redhill_qik]

Got a friend who lives in Northern Calilf, Auburn, who got an alert they were going to do a rolling back out of him from 4 to 7. Will find out tomorrow if happened,
BUT, this early in the season. And this states wants us to use MORE electricity, and they cannot even keep it on for a 100 degree day?

PG&E is showing two outages in the Auburn area. One is small <49 customers and then other is medium <499 the second is centered on the Hidden Falls Regional Park.

Edit: nothing is showing as planned.

 

[jjrandorin]

I put a question mark on the end of your thread title, because this doesnt sound very definitive at this point. After you confirm, let us know.

 

[h2ofun]

PG&E is showing two outages in the Auburn area. One is small <49 customers and then other is medium <499 the second is centered on the Hidden Falls Regional Park.

Edit: nothing is showing as planned.

will try to get more details tomorrow to see if i misheard

 

[h2ofun]

BREAKING: Auburn area loses power during heatwave; another round of outages expected

Brace yourselves Auburn, PG&E may need to cut energy to more customers Tuesday as they replace failing equipment which caused the power outages in the area Monday.

goldcountrymedia.com

 

[holeydonut]

Looks like you need to replace the ? with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ because who woulda seen this coming...

 

[getakey]

ok, not a rolling blackout, but blackout for failed equipment

 

[h2ofun]

ok, not a rolling blackout, but blackout for failed equipment

yep but from heat

 

[getakey]

yep but from heat

Exactly why I increase my Reserve to 50% on excessive heat forecast

 

[SMAlset]

Yep equipment fails in high temps as well as freezing ones with Texas as a recent example of that. Nice to have the solar and backup battery in place for those times. Either temp extreme can be very uncomfortable and/or dangerous.

Ran an errand after 3pm today and car said outside temp was 95F. We have solar panels over most of our SE and SW roof facing sections and AC set to 78F Hold upstairs and 77F Hold downstairs and so far the AC has only come on twice which is confirmed by two energy spikes. We have a Dyson cool fan on (lowest setting) in our upstairs main bedroom area to circulate air and it’s been very comfortable. Was concerned how our old 5-ton split system would impact our energy storage. Course it’s still sunny at this hour (7pm) and running off solar but our 3 PWs are still at 100%. I think the shading of our roof by our panels (24 - 340W) really has a large impact on the heat felt normally in the upstairs in the afternoon. Not sure the same could be said of the solar tile roof as it’s not shading anything really.

After 7pm now and just started to dip into our batteries.

 

[jjrandorin]

Looks like you need to replace the ? with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ because who woulda seen this coming...

I changed the thread title to be more descriptive of what this appears to be.