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Joseph O'Brien 10 p.m., Sept. 20
According to Onell Soto, nearly a million people had their power cut by San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) early yesterday to avoid "an uncontrolled West Coast blackout" that could have cascaded well beyond the County of San Diego.
Soto's San Diego Union-Tribune article stated that the California Independent System Operator (ISO) ordered SDG&E to cut power to about 1 out of every 5 customers after too many power plants in SDG&E's service area had either been shut down for maintenance or simply failed.
ISO spokesperson Gregg Fishman reported "If you rely solely on the transmission grid, you don't have any alternatives." As for the scheduling of power plants shut down for maintenance and the coincidence of one additional plant failing, Fishman stated "We [ISO officials] are taking this very seriously. We need to do more fact-finding before we can draw any conclusions."
According to future SDG&E president Michael Niggli, there was no choice for SDG&E except to obey the ISO shut-down order that temporarily dropped county consumption by about 310 megawatts.
This blogger has repeatedly warned SDG&E consumers that total dependence on the local power grid for all power needs is no answer when the grid fails as it did earlier this week. It is vitally important as a home emergency response measure to have at least some backup power generation and storage capacity. Fortunately, SDG&E's late-night grid de-energization did not affect patients in local hospitals this time.
For about than $1000, SDG&E residential customers can set up an off-grid solar panel system capable of generating 135 watts or more, more than enough to light an entire house equipped with low-wattage CFL bulbs. For roughly $1K, it's better than sitting home alone in the dark.
In a sustained major power outage, the National Response Framework suggests that homeowners might go days or longer without power being restored.
In other news, Kyocera recently announced plans to begin manufacturing solar panels here in San Diego, a factor that should contribute to increased availability at lower prices for the means of generating alternative energy at the household level, without paying anything for the solar energy used or stored.
As for homeowners contemplating grid-connected solar panels, SDG&E has a warning in its most recent California Public Utilities Commission net-metering application for any SDG&E customer who installs grid-connected solar panels and then expects to be reimbursed yearly for excess power taken by SDG&E. Those customers with grid-connected solar panels must first file a self-certification application as a Qualifying Facility (QF) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before SDG&E will bother considering that customer's application for net energy metering with potential subsequent reimbursement.
Compounding this mess are recent reports that SDG&E smart meters are vulnerable to hacking, leading to improper billing or possible malicious shutdown.
This blogger suspects that hacked or not, most homeowners do not want to file the same Form 556 FERC application as a multi-megawatt windmill farm operator.
Summing this up, we can see that having off-grid solar panels provides at least some protection from potential grid SNAFU, while grid-connected solar panels either means feeding SDG&E your excess electricity for free or doing a mountain of federal regulatory paperwork just to earn yourself a QF docket number for future FERC consideration.


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The coffee-beer buzz
Original post made on Feb 28, 2014
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a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 28, 2014 at 1:02 pm
And yet every beer + coffee combination I've ever tasted has been, at best, a second-rate imitation of coffee or a second-rate imitation of beer.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 28, 2014 at 2:10 pm
I have had three different types of beer-coffee combinations, and I have to agree with greg. All have been I satisfactory.
I have actually had Cool Beanz twice, and in all honesty, it was the best of the three I had previously tried--but that isn't saying much. It was really just less bad than the other two. The second tasting just confirmed my original conclusion: dark beer, or any beer, and coffee do not mix.

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Bad enough that the coaches only want to play him at the 4, and bad enough that Mike Woodson didn't like to play him in NYK.
True. But would I cut Rasual for Caron? No. I'd might would cut Sloan for him though. IF the front office thinks we need to add anyone else. Also Caron Butler could play the 3 off the bench. Caron has a better off the dribble game than Rasual does. He can get to the line. Rasual is the better shooter. Not by much though.
Which wouldn't be a bad idea right now. Maybe play Allen for a few games till Scola's elbow or whatever is plaguing him clears up.
It would not surprise me in the least to see Allen get the minutes Cope has been playing. We don't run a stretch 4 type of offense. Cope has not been able to get PT from Frank up to now and unless Turner fails to take all of DG's minutes and more, I don't see him gaining any floor time because Danny left. I still would not be shocked to see Bynum released after March 1st. LB might tell reporters signing Bynum to keep him from other playoff teams is the dumbest thing he ever heard, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't do it.
Evan is a 2. He's gonna backup Lance. Cope will back up PG. I think this is how they'll do it. Will Lavoy play over Scola? I hope so. If not.....at least let him play over Ian. LaVoy at least has a jumpshot! And can dunk properly.
I think Turner, Lance and PG will swallow up every minute at the 2 and the 3 come playoff time. Hibbert, West, Bynum and Scola will man the paint, and Hill will man the point with Watson getting some minutes behind him. But if Watson struggles I could see Lance playing more point to open up more minutes for Turner, if he's adjusting and fitting in well.
Lavoy Allen will probably only play in a pinch, barring injury, unless Scola keeps playing poorly and Allen wows the coached in practice.
I really hope health allows us to roll with a George Hill, Lance Stephenson, Paul George, David West, Roy Hibbert, CJ Watson, Evan Turner, Luis Scola, Andrew Bynum 9 man rotation in the playoffs. That could be so good.
Bird has exhausted every last avenue to make this team as perfect as possible for the playoff run. His work is now finished as far as this 2014 team is concerned. Now it's all on the players and coaches. The Legend has given them the tools to win it all, but he can't put the ball in the bucket for them. Everything is in our favor right now. We still have a 1 and a half game lead over the Heat, the East should be a cakewalk until we meat the Heat in the ECF's, the Heat are fatigued because they are going for a 4th straight NBA Finals (hasn't been done since Boston in the 80's), and our roster is absolutely stacked. We've had our little slump lately, but it's time to wake the hell up and get this damn one seed. It would be devastating to lose it down the stretch of the season after controlling it all year. A 1 and a half game lead is essentially nothing.
As much as I love our team, the Heat are still so scary because they have a player in Lebron who is able to raise his game to a Jordan-esque level in the playoffs. That's just so hard to overcome.
The next 4 months come down to two people IMO
Paul George
Frank Vogel
Coach Vogel says he plans to play Evan Turner in "the same minutes as Danny Granger."— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) February 23, 2014
But he's gonna back up Lance at the 2 spot right? If he and Lance are gonna be on the floor at the same time, the trade was pointless.
Turner seems like a good kid who will work hard to fit in and get wins. Having PG being a good friend of his will help him feel more comfortable sooner than he would otherwise.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I honestly don't know enough about Turner to draw a firm conclusion and I'll be very much in observation mode for the next 10 games or so. I just don't think any scorer will ever thrive with our bench if they're regulated to being a secondary option while Lance has the ball. Taking Turner from 16 shots per game in 36 minutes as the #1 option down to 6-7 shots in 22 minutes while being the #2-3 option on the floor shouldn't be why we signed him. If we're going to bring in a scorer for the second unit we should plan the rotations to get the most out of him.