IDFR
OT: L.A. TIMES ARTICLE on the implementation of the rolling blackout warning system.
(note: i am not a dd guru of idfr, but after reading this article, it looks to me and IMHO, that this could very well be IDFR technology that will be used...perhaps others more knowledgable here would like to give their opinion...additionally i could not cut and paste the article so i typed it here in part, overlook typos please...you can read the article (search L.A.TIMES) yourself at this site...
Saturday, June 16, 2001
CAL-ISO to Implement System of Early Blackout Warnings
Crisis: State grid operator is putting final touches on a procedure that will give a series of notices as likely outages approach.
By ROBIN FIELDS, Times Staff Writer
Meeting a tight deadline set by the governor, the manager of the state's transmission grid said Friday it was rolling out a computerized notification system designed to warn the public about impending blackouts and to spark conservation.
The California Independent System Operator will issue 48-hour forecasts when
power supplies dip, temperatures soar and rotating outages seem likely;
divulge their general areas 24 hours in advance; tell utilities and the media that blackouts are imminent 90 minutes beforehand; and give heir precise locations an hour before they occur.
Government agencies and individual power users who sign up for the service will be alerted by fax, cell phone, pager and e mail repeated until they respond to say they have received the message. Nonsubscribers will be able to check the status of their areas via utility Web sites and call centers or through the media.
The system' impetus came largely from businesses eager to minimize the potentially devastating impact of unexpected stoppages. Public safety and health facilities are not subject to rolling blackouts, athough traffic signals are.
(skipping several paragraphs and going to the last paragraph...see full article at the L.A.TIMES web site)
Edison is conducting the final tests on its new notification site and expects it to be operation Monday, complete with 2,100 maps detailing each outage area in the utility's service zone, ....
(if this gets verified that this is IDFR
technology, no telling how high the IDFR PPS could climb, all in my humble opinion) |
