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Sorry, but I couldn't get it to link. Maybe some one else cab.


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Great find! Lots of information. There is a lot of information about how the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand will be doing when it comes to restoring power.

It says hospitals will be considered a priority, but the water systems they rely on may not be considered a priority.

Just started reading and it’s 2 a.m. (I have to get up to get ready for work at 4)

I like how they point out that only a few states tell residents to have 14 days supply of food and water on hand instead of 3 days. They want to encourage preparedness for everyone at a minimum of 14 ( more is required but it is a start)
 
What get me is the govt has known for decades how vulnerable and important the grid is. Why hasn’t more been done to make it more secure?

Brent, could you not ask the same question of why New Orleans didn't strengthen their flood control 20 years ago, even after they were given the money to do it?

Simple answer: "It'll never happen to me" syndrome.
 
What get me is the govt has known for decades how vulnerable and important the grid is. Why hasn’t more been done to make it more secure?

Government doesn’t own much of the power grid, private and public power companies have stated the consumer wouldn’t tolerate the raise in the electric bill to cover the cost in upgrading the system. All the electrical companies would have to harden the grid, it wouldn’t do much good if only a quarter were able to harden the electrical system.
 
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Brent, could you not ask the same question of why New Orleans didn't strengthen their flood control 20 years ago, even after they were given the money to do it?

Simple answer: "It'll never happen to me" syndrome.

Corruption is the name in New Orleans, I wouldn’t say corruption was the problem with why the grid hasn’t been hardened yet. But you are right, most people have the attitude “it won’t happen to me”
 
Government doesn’t own much of the power grid, private and public power companies have stated the consumer wouldn’t tolerate the raise in the electric bill to cover the cost in upgrading the system. All the electrical companies would have to harden the grid, it wouldn’t do much good if only a quarter were able to harden the electrical system.
I wonder how much of a hike it would be in our electric bill to do it? I know they are updating our water infrastructure here (it went private about 5 years ago) our bill has almost tripled. It would be hard if the electric bill did the same.

Regarding the "it won't happen to me" attitude, I was watching a documentary on the Bosnia war. All the people said the same thing, "We didn't think it could happen here."
 
I also read in this report where the government sees the value of offering tax incentives, grants, etc to help companies get to where they need to be, but do they actually offer those? Or is this just some ideas that will never be put into motion?
 
What get me is the govt has known for decades how vulnerable and important the grid is. Why hasn’t more been done to make it more secure?

Simple, the grid does not vote and if the whole grid goes down, the politicians will have a lot more to worry about, like how are they gong to eat? Better to spend more on buying the voters.
 
I wonder how much of a hike it would be in our electric bill to do it? I know they are updating our water infrastructure here (it went private about 5 years ago) our bill has almost tripled. It would be hard if the electric bill did the same.

Regarding the "it won't happen to me" attitude, I was watching a documentary on the Bosnia war. All the people said the same thing, "We didn't think it could happen here."

The electrical bill would probably triple same as your water
 
Just heard today that PG&E was filing bankruptcy due to liability for the California wildfires. PG&E share price dropped more than 50% on this news. The power companies can't afford to change out their wires to prevent fires, so there's no way that they can afford to "harden" the grid. As Mav said above the grid isn't "owned" by the government (which is why it works) but by independent private or semi private (PUD) companies. These companies answer to share holders and rate payers. If the government ever mandated that these companies had to harden their portion of the grid the rates would skyrocket out of reach to most customers. I'm sure that eventually the tax payer will end up footing the bill though. We always do.
Since I'm not on the grid I'm not too concerned about it.
 
If electric fees tripled, then Solar would become cost effective. Maybe this is the governments back door method to go green. Can't talk people into it, then force them to literally buy into it. Less wire and connections to harden.

I was reading yesterday about how much more solar and wind turbines cost than good old fossil fuels.

The average Joe just can't afford the switch
 
If electric fees tripled, then Solar would become cost effective. Maybe this is the governments back door method to go green. Can't talk people into it, then force them to literally buy into it. Less wire and connections to harden.
Remember who said "Electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket" ?
 
Girl I'm impressed. . . You know how to do a screen shot! That's one up on me ;). Thanks for the links Mav. He has helped me out before too.

I can do screen shots, but that's about it. I started to change my avatar , but knew it would post sideways and Religar would have to fix it.
 

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