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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (599595)2/2/2011 10:52:01 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (3) of 1571899
 
You need to log off and power down. I'd send you a KWH or so, but I have more valuable uses for it. Got Enron?

News from the Third World: Austin Energy implements rolling blackouts bizjournals.com
It looks like the rolling blackouts may be system wide, or at least occurring in larger cities like Dallas (where the rolling blackouts have disrupted light rail service):

nbcdfw.com.
Dallas: Power Grid Taxed, Rolling Blackouts Ordered

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has ordered utilities to begin rotating outages to compensate for a generation shortage due high usage in extreme weather. Rotating outages are controlled, temporary interruptions of service designed to ease the load on the electric grid. The outages last anywhere from 10-45 minutes and the locations and durations are determined by the local utilities.

transportationblog.dallasnews.com.
Dallas: Rolling blackouts stall light rail
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