North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?
on 8/17/2003 9:09 PM [email protected] wrote: > Org A makes a killing. Given that the players were producers, buyers > and sellers of the same product this creates no incentaive to build out > additional capasity. Quite different from say, Hog futures, were the > supply side and demand side are not the same person. According the the > NPR report I heard on this, the money to be made here is huge provided > there was just enough power or not quite enough. So there were not > market checks and ballances. having additional capasity on hand, in > this system, drives down price in a futures market. Capacity isn't the problem. The problem is that there aren't enough lines between the providers and consumers to carry the current volume. > So back on Sean's question, maps did not divulge this; at least not the > primary cause. I see the primary cause as economic. It seems to me we > are seeking a mechanical cause instead of looking at the fauly business > model that allowed this to happen. No sorry. The grid is a national problem and has been stabbed at several times, but different special interests always move to keep the necessary work from being done. LULU -- Locally Undesirable Land Use NIMBY -- Not In My Backyard BANANA -- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone NOPE -- Nowhere on Planet Earth Another more-recent camp are those who see everything as a move by The Man and Mr. Big which must be stopped. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
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