Looking For Advice From Experienced Drivers!!!

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  1. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    California's new plants are so called "green" plants like solar and geo-thermal. And with the coming closure of the last of the five California nuclear plants there by 2025, how much will the net increase in power production actually be?
     
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  3. slow.rider

    slow.rider Road Train Member

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    A lot, since PG&E has already slated replacement of the entirety of the closing plant's output.
     
  4. SteveScott

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    California imports well over half of their energy already from the national grid. Other than more wind and solar, they have no plans to increase power production in the state. Even if they did, it would take over 20 years to build making its way through all of the regulatory red tape and corruption in this state. Importing power during peak demand has proven to be unreliable and very expensive. I lived through the rolling black outs over the last 10 years from peak demand and fire danger. It's less reliable than a 3rd world country, and I'll be leaving this s-hole as soon as possible.
     
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  5. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    PG&E doesn't supply the whole state. Mainly Northern and Central Cal and not all of that. Many areas, like the entire Sacramento county for example, have their own electric companies and only rely on PG&E for natural gas. Southern Cal, with the highest population density, have different providers.
    Also, as late as 2019, the last year figures are available from the U.S. Dept of Energy, California imported 28% of their power from other states.
     
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  6. slow.rider

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    No, but they do own and operate 100% of the nuclear plant that is closing in 2025.
     
  7. slow.rider

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    That might all be true, but at least their power grid doesn't collapse into a pile of scrap metal the moment a snowflake touches the asphalt. ;)
     
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    No, it collapses when we have a heat wave that lasts more than a couple days and everybody is running their AC to keep cool. They're attempting to mitigate the problem now by changing their rate structure to nearly double electric rates during peak demand periods in an attempt to force people to cut back on power usage. The rolling blackouts here are only going to get longer and more frequent in the coming years, and nobody is doing squat about it. Millions of homes here have solar, and very few have battery power storage in case of blackouts, but that stored power only lasts a day or two and only for a very few appliances. My parents just installed a huge natural gas generator to power their entire home for as long as is needed, and as long as the gas supply isn't interrupted. They're both in their late 80's and spent several cold days freezing in their home for the last 3 years when PGE shut off power in their area because of dry fire conditions. PGE can't afford to maintain their own power equipment, and rather than the state assisting, they're allowing them to turn off power. The state is throwing tens of billions to placate the teacher's unions, but not a dime to help our own power infrastructure. This state government is a complete joke.
     
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  9. slow.rider

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    PG&E can afford to maintain its equipment. What it can't afford is all the legal liabilities from refusing to do so. And shutting off people's power is not allowed.
     
  10. JoeTruck

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    Buy the truck, it will take ten to forty years to completely change the trucking industry.
     
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    So they’ve completely rebuilt all of their failing infrastructure since 2018? And they can 100% turn people’s power off. I dated a girl from Lincoln when I was hauling cattle and her grandpa’s farm would routinely have the power turned off for a few days at a time because of fire danger.
     
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