LAist: Flex Alert for California Announced

July 7, 2008

Flex Alert for California Announced

Time to hunker down and flex your power, so says state officials. "The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), charged with managing the electricity grid in California, has issued a Flex Alert for Tuesday, July 8th through Thursday, July 10th," an e-mail alert states. "Due to the current hot weather, electricity conservation is necessary."

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[1] | 07/07/08 07:42PM
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Soooo.....what does that exactly entail?

I won't have to worry about those days anyway, since I'll only be home early in the morning and late at night, but still.

[2] | 07/07/08 07:48PM
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I think it means we're supposed to keep the thermostat at 76 instead of 72 or lower.

[3] | 07/07/08 07:59PM
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Here are their tips, pretty standard:

http://fypower.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/flexalert_tips2.jpg

[4] | 07/08/08 11:58AM
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So let me get this straight.....
I want to use power and I have the money to pay for it, but we're low because the environmentalists have blocked any new plants of any sort for the last 30 years while the population has exploded?

...and I'm supposed to conserve water because for some reason we can't build de-desalinization plants?

Besides Buffalo, this is the most mis-handled municipality I've ever had the misfortune to live in.

[5] | 07/08/08 12:26PM
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just an fyi, a flex alert is a state alert, not a local one. But, yeah, local alerts happen too.