Dalles: government subsidized Hydroelectric Power, that’s why. Sent from the iPad of Ron Yokubaitis
> On Jun 26, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > > >> On 6/24/23 5:28 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> >>>> On Jun 23, 2023, at 18:04, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 6/23/23 4:01 PM, >>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Delong.com&d=DwIDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=cGrDT0liF-gD_o4EJ7o_qg&m=Z1ElQJ6RtDdrUgH7UwCpBHojWq1Iyp4CM49TsykDfXM&s=BUfOgzy41EDHyDbK_xBslELDt9Xofk6_YBR4nLTQGmo&e= >>>> via NANOG wrote: >>>> The electric grid complaints are about the demand on the grid making the >>>> entire region less stable and proposed construction of new high-voltage >>>> tower corridors for data centers. >>>> Yeah, I can kind of understand those, but as long as the grid is properly >>>> planned, it really shouldn’t have a destabilizing effect. In fact, many >>>> datacenter in California do CoGen and end up providing additional grid >>>> stability. >>>> >>> Uh, ::cough:: PGE ::cough:: >>> >>> I so wanted to schadenfreude so bad with Texas and their shitty grid, but >>> then remembered where I live. >>> >>> Mike >> What’s not to love about a power company that literally qualifies as a >> recidivist felon? >> >> It is my sincere hope to finish my mortgage and then start putting money >> towards electrical independence. (Wind, more solar, batteries, and >> disconnecting Persistent Graft and Extortion). >> > I'm waiting on a software upgrade for my inverter to hook up a generator to > refill the battery when it gets too low. Not off the grid, but not at the > mercy of PGE's fuckery. > > How many datacenters are in Norcal? I imagine that it's a lot, but PGE's > rates are like 2x the rest of the country. At least for residential. I always > got a kick of Google putting a datacenter in the Dalles in Oregon -- > basically mainlining the Columbia river. > > Mike >
