EVS use "three households worth of energy" ... 'Get Real'
PG&E is notorious for shifting blame for their Corp. greed
OK, so EVs are now so mainstream now that a California Utility uses
EVs as a scapegoat for them not doing the job they are paid to do.
This is not going to be the last time a company will use EVs as a
scapegoat, so I suggest that drivers give their views to the media
outlets as comments on the first two URLs below and a comment
on the PUC site as well.
Included are examples of how PG&E has failed to do its job.
They take the consumer's money, but do not do what what they told
the PUC they would do.
Tuesday evening transformer explosion leaves some San Francisco residents in the dark | abc7news.com
Transformer explosion leaves some in the dark Oct 26 2011
...
Roughly 275 PG&E customers lost power because of the equipment
failure, according to a PG&E spokesman. The utility is still
investigating what caused the problem.
"Typically these types of failures occur when there's a spike in power
demand," PG&E spokesman Jason King said this morning.
That spike in demand, King said, can be caused by the introduction of
a power-hungry device, such as an electric car, equipment for a home
office or an indoor grow operation.
He urged customers to alert PG&E if they plan to use a device that
needs that much power so that the company can anticipate increases in
demand.
An electric car can require as much as three households worth of
energy, King said, which he said is why PG&E works with electric car
dealers so that it is notified when customers bring new cars on the
grid.
As of this morning, PG&E had not yet identified what caused the
failure.
King did not have information about the age of the equipment or
frequency of such failures.
"They're not a common occurrence, but they do happen," he said ...
PG&E Still Trying To Figure Out What Caused Fireball-Shooting Transformer Explosion: News: SFAppeal
PG&E Still Trying To Figure Out What Caused Fireball-Shooting
Transformer Explosion by Patricia Decker Oct 26 2011
...
That spike in demand, King said, can be caused by the introduction of
a power-hungry device, such as an electric car ...
An electric car can require as much as three households worth of
energy, King said, which he said is why PG&E works with electric car
dealers so that it is notified when customers bring new cars on the
grid.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19159663
Inspection prompts PG&E to examine overhead electrical lines
By Steve Johnson 10/21/2011
PG&E plans to reinspect 16,400 overhead transformers and other
electrical equipment ... after an internal investigation found more
than two dozen instances where its inspectors had falsely claimed to
have checked underground electrical gear, a company spokesman said ...
TURN Consumer AdvocatesOutages identify PG&E's limits after heat wave caused 1.2 million customers to lose power, experts assess utility's vulnerabilities
Outages identify PG&E's limits ... PG&E's distribution-system worries
extend beyond its transformers ... More than half of the company's
substations are at least 50 years old ...
PG&E knew of many leaks in San Bruno pipeline
PG&E knew of many leaks in San Bruno pipeline
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California Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
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PG&E is notorious for shifting blame for their Corp. greed
OK, so EVs are now so mainstream now that a California Utility uses
EVs as a scapegoat for them not doing the job they are paid to do.
This is not going to be the last time a company will use EVs as a
scapegoat, so I suggest that drivers give their views to the media
outlets as comments on the first two URLs below and a comment
on the PUC site as well.
Included are examples of how PG&E has failed to do its job.
They take the consumer's money, but do not do what what they told
the PUC they would do.
Tuesday evening transformer explosion leaves some San Francisco residents in the dark | abc7news.com
Transformer explosion leaves some in the dark Oct 26 2011
...
Roughly 275 PG&E customers lost power because of the equipment
failure, according to a PG&E spokesman. The utility is still
investigating what caused the problem.
"Typically these types of failures occur when there's a spike in power
demand," PG&E spokesman Jason King said this morning.
That spike in demand, King said, can be caused by the introduction of
a power-hungry device, such as an electric car, equipment for a home
office or an indoor grow operation.
He urged customers to alert PG&E if they plan to use a device that
needs that much power so that the company can anticipate increases in
demand.
An electric car can require as much as three households worth of
energy, King said, which he said is why PG&E works with electric car
dealers so that it is notified when customers bring new cars on the
grid.
As of this morning, PG&E had not yet identified what caused the
failure.
King did not have information about the age of the equipment or
frequency of such failures.
"They're not a common occurrence, but they do happen," he said ...
PG&E Still Trying To Figure Out What Caused Fireball-Shooting Transformer Explosion: News: SFAppeal
PG&E Still Trying To Figure Out What Caused Fireball-Shooting
Transformer Explosion by Patricia Decker Oct 26 2011
...
That spike in demand, King said, can be caused by the introduction of
a power-hungry device, such as an electric car ...
An electric car can require as much as three households worth of
energy, King said, which he said is why PG&E works with electric car
dealers so that it is notified when customers bring new cars on the
grid.
-
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19159663
Inspection prompts PG&E to examine overhead electrical lines
By Steve Johnson 10/21/2011
PG&E plans to reinspect 16,400 overhead transformers and other
electrical equipment ... after an internal investigation found more
than two dozen instances where its inspectors had falsely claimed to
have checked underground electrical gear, a company spokesman said ...
TURN Consumer AdvocatesOutages identify PG&E's limits after heat wave caused 1.2 million customers to lose power, experts assess utility's vulnerabilities
Outages identify PG&E's limits ... PG&E's distribution-system worries
extend beyond its transformers ... More than half of the company's
substations are at least 50 years old ...
PG&E knew of many leaks in San Bruno pipeline
PG&E knew of many leaks in San Bruno pipeline
-
California Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Contact Us
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Electric Vehicle Discussion List - Search for 'evln'
Read EVLN posts]
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