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Wicked Blue

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17. On the other hand, the electricity wouldn't be traveling long distances

Reply to hunter (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:43 PM

Mar 8

through huge, high-voltage lines. There would be far fewer transmission stations. An outage in a huge regional energy supply grid can affect tens of millions of customers, while outages in small distributed generation grids would be far smaller, and possibly more easily repaired.

You do raise valid points, though.

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Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history, officials say [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 7 OP

Glad you can admit that: now pony up and repair your damage. marble falls Mar 7 #1

Great! Another rate increase. They just asked for one the other day. On top of the one they got last year. nt Hotler Mar 7 #2

Exactly my first thought PlutosHeart Mar 7 #5

Xcel's being sued in Colorado, too for the Marshall fire that destroyed an entire neighborhood in an afternoon. CrispyQ Mar 7 #3

A friend's ranch burned pfitz59 Mar 7 #4

This is why we need smaller-scale, more localized power generation Wicked Blue Mar 7 #6

And owned cooperatively by the users, not by outside profit-makers. TheRickles Mar 7 #7

Are a mess of smaller electric companies going to be any less likely to start wildfires... hunter Mar 8 #16

On the other hand, the electricity wouldn't be traveling long distances Wicked Blue Mar 8 #17

Sounds like PG&E, "appeared" to have a role in some CA wild fires. republianmushroom Mar 7 #8

Maybe shut the power off when a fire hazard is present DBoon Mar 7 #9

Yep, Same thing happened in Lahaina Sedona Mar 7 #10

damn. talk about your double-edged swords RussBLib Mar 7 #11

I know in CA they have been talking about moving those lines underground BumRushDaShow Mar 7 #12

Our electric coops were heading toward burying everything in the 90s sybylla Mar 7 #13

They are actively undergrounding in some areas. Quanto Magnus Mar 7 #14

About 10 years ago BumRushDaShow Mar 7 #15