California ISO emergeny.
California ISO emergeny.
(OP)
The 500kV line between Los Banos (San Lewis pumped storage) and Moss Landing's big NG fired power plant went off line during the MAJOR storm we just had here in Central California (60mph gusts - many inches of horizontal rain). We were all supposed to conserve.
Anyone know what the problem was/is?
Anyone know what the problem was/is?
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com






RE: California ISO emergeny.
RE: California ISO emergeny.
It's also interesting that path 15 is 3 parallel 500kV circuits. How would damage to 1 of 9 sets of conductors result in 66% reduction in capacity?
Perhaps switch gear limitations. Though limiting the redundancy of multiple 500kV links due to switch limitations sounds too bad for even bean counter logic.
Thanks jghrist.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: California ISO emergeny.
RE: California ISO emergeny.
You should have seen what Hurricane Rita did to our 500kV line down here in 2005. After she left, there was NO transmission at ANY voltage: 500, 230, 138 - NOTHING!
The 500kV structures that went were twisted jumbles of galvanized scrap after it was over. We started getting limited transmission capabilities back in less than a week.
old field guy
RE: California ISO emergeny.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: California ISO emergeny.
rmw
RE: California ISO emergeny.
Tesla - Los Banos #1 500kV was out on a clearance the day of the storm.