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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Summary: Bay Area Power (2000-06-14)
I believe they're more so the result of "brown outs" as the power companies attempt to "proactively" deal with extremely high loads. Given your message, I guess it does make sense for the power companies to first inconvenience business customers that 1) use a substantial amount of resources and 2) already have alternative method of supporting themselves. Of course, I'd guess there's considerable ground for objection to this model. -danny > In a conversation with an MFS engineer today I mentioned the problems > in the Bay area. He previously worked for SNET (Southern New > England Telephone, now part of SBC) for many years and said it was > standard practice for them to disconnect COs from the grid and run > off generator power for hours or even a day or two during the > summer season. > > I was under the impression that these power shortages were the > result of less over-engineering on the part of power companies due > to deregulation but maybe this isn't such a new situation after all? >
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