On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:29:14 -0400
Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote:
The North American Electric Reliability Council is planning to relax
the standards for how closely power utilities must hold to 60.00Hz.
Here's my absolute favorite quote of all time:
Tweaking the power grid's frequency is expensive and takes a lot of
effort,
said Joe McClelland, head of electric reliability for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
I blinked too after hearing of this. They say it's an economic issue because
it costs millions of dollars to maintain a steady frequency. Excuse me...we
probably spend over $50 billion per year on electricity and they're
complaining about a few million. Talk about pinching pennies!
matthew black
e-mail postmaster
california state university, long beach
