(Folsom, CA) Temperatures that came in below the forecast, as a result of the offshore marine layer, decreased the electricity demand on the power grid today, resulting in a peak demand of 43,679 megawatts. Today’s peak is far below the current record demand, which still holds at 45,597 megawatts set on September 8, 2004. In northern California, temperatures were as much as 10 degrees under forecast along the coast and 5-7 degrees lower inland.
California ISO watches the power load.
(I'm officially on blogging hiatus until this site relaunches with a better-design, etc. But I wanted to keep track of this.)
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Hi Judith,
Great article on Colette and BioBling!
There is a biodiesel seminar in Pomona this Saturday (http://forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7210) you might be interested in attending.
Hope to see you there,
Spike
Posted on July 26, 2005 5:07 PM by Spike Lewis
Perhaps as more homes start to generate more of their own power, this will become much less of a problem.
Solar Energy-Saving Competition Hosted by Energy Department
http://newsblaze.com/story/20051005000219nnnn.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.html
Homes are starting to become more energy efficient, it just seems to be a long, slow process. I live in Folsom and that was a hot week, but I didn't use the airconditioner until late in the afternoon because we've done a lot of things to keep the heat out.
Posted on October 5, 2005 1:10 AM by NewsBlaze