>> They were warning about major brown-outs years ago because they were shutting too many coal/gas
>> plants too quickly to rely on green energy sources that weren't ready enough at the
>> time, and the couple of new nuclear sites that were planned o take up the
>> changeover slack were never built - we were warned!!
And since then demand has dropped due to lower modern power requirements and fast start gas powered plants. had the lack of generation been planned, even three hours in advance it could have been covered. Not like the old days where it took nearly a day to bring a coal plant on line. This was not a capacity issue, it was a technical failure.
Last edited by: Zero on Sat 10 Aug 19 at 14:27
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