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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Availability of Natural Gas during Blackout
> > 2. In times of weather emergencies, snow and excessive cold, the gas > > companies routinely shut down gas flow to non-residential areas > > This is a contract issue; Commercial customers often get better rates > for being 'cutable'... but you need to assure the generator is not one. This is true as long as no emergency is declared. If a state of emergency *is* declared (yes, Nortern Virginia declares a state of emergency for snow flurries) contract or not, commercial customers get cut if the gas is needed for residences. > > On the other hand, LNG in tanks is a bit more reliable in the snow if you > > have a large enough tank to provide pressure during cold whether and to getc > > LNG tanks for any big installation will be BIG. You'll have to > pay to keep all the LNG in stock. Propane has another issue -- > it can get too cold for it to vaporize, leaving you really SOL. Yes, thats why only small (again sub 65KW) installations make sense. And from experience, we have had -22F in Lancaster, PA and our propane genset started right up. That the coldest we have on record at any of our sites though during a utility outage. > > > > > -- > A host is a host from coast to [email protected] > & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX > Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 > is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 >
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