tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post2030277972216219145..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: THE 'ADVISORS', 'BOOSTERS', AND 'SHILLS' Des Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-13688423098159462872014-12-22T12:33:34.125-03:302014-12-22T12:33:34.125-03:30Des, I applaud your straight talk. No one else com...Des, I applaud your straight talk. No one else comes close to expressing what so many must feel. I just returned from a 45 minute walk. My pulse was at 114, unusually high compared to 80 for this activity. But while walking, me `blood was boilin`, feeling outraged at the Liberty Report update, and what it means.<br /> Here we promote our province as a energy warehouse. Last year we went through rotating outages and plenty of hardship. Now even with the new gas turbine, we are told we can expect a continuation of supply shortages and risk of more rotating outages until Muskrat Falls comes on, which is likely to be delayed past 2018. And Liberty has yet to report on the reliability of MF power itself, and then there is the issue of reliability of importing emergency power from Nova Scotia when MF goes down. There is no assurance we will get any emergency power from Nova Scotia, not even unreliable power.<br /> Indeed , we seem to be looking at a permanent situation of high risk of shortages requiring rotating outages. Liberty previously said rotating outages are seldom used in North America, but is common in third world countries.<br /> How quick we have gone from a have province to third world type.<br />Liberty says our power companies should be transparent with stakeholders, including the results of the benefits of customer energy conservation efforts during emergency conditions, and that a flyer was in the December mail to all customers. This flyers says if we all followed the recommendations outlined, we could reduce the peak demand by 20 percent. <br />With peak demand at about 1700 Megawatts, 20 percent suggests a 340 Megawatt reduction. With 250,000 residential customers this translated to 1360 watts reduction per household. With about 6500 watts of average demand for each house, 1360 watts reduction seems about right. But where is the transparency to show how effective the conservation was, how much did the efforts and hardship actually reduce the peak demand.<br /> There is no transparency there. <br />But one can find and calculate it. <br />Here are the numbers: average household demand was reduced 32 watt! No mistake. 32 lousy watts per house. 8 megawatts for the whole island. A miserable failure. True, Liberty in its April report said every megawatt of demand reduction counts. And as the misquito said when he spit into the ocean,`every drop counts`. But lets face it, Instead of turning down heat, not using appliances, and turning of all unnecessary lights, we could have stayed warm and got the same reduction by just turning off 32 watts of CFC bulbs!<br /> Something wrong here.<br />There is no transparency why this failed miserably.Of course they know, and hoped no one would do the calculation. It will make them look pretty bad.<br /> Personally, I think Ed Martin needs a good kick in the balls over this. And then get fired. <br />32 watts per household!.....see why my pulse shot up!. <br /> And then, after the walk, I realized I have not yet read Uncle Gnarley. Within 15 minutes you settled my pulse down to 84, and should drop to 65 soon. It is just settles the blood, I guess, to see you keep up the good work. Straight talk, which so few speak. I want to see Ed Martin being asked by Debbie Cooper, Patty Daley and others in the media to explain this 32 watts reduction. Of the 20 percent reduction possible, 2 percent achieved. <br />And little of this is customer fault, as one might think, and Ed Martin likely to suggest. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com