Re a quick conversation about grid regionalization in CA: There are so many reasons why this is a *very bad idea*: - emissions will go up, even according to best case supporters' model, because it will result in extending the life of particularly nasty coal plants in the coal states; - it's not likely to reduce rates, again, according to the supporters' own modeling; - it's going to be expensive even at the proposed (low ball) cost estimate AND there's no analysis about how much CA clean energy that $300 mm would buy; - CA risks its autonomy to make energy policy, linking itself to FERC which has been, as you might have noticed, politicized; -CA will pay millions to build transmission lines to ship coal power to CA; -CA already has robust trading mechanisms set up across the western region. This is a terrible time for CA to lose control over its clean energy policies, and it's never a good time for CA to ship jobs to other states.
Finding Bob’s that will share their tact knowledge/expertise has saved my butt and wallet more than once. Luckily for me a controls expert was able to identify a few physical locations in a hydroponics system that were exhibiting physical abnormalities that he had experienced in the past that had led to a cascade of failures in hydroponics systems. Bringing a hydroponics expert in to help diagnose what was initially thought to be a simple r&r plan to replace a faulty sensor and install a new auto watering device was kind of like finding a distribution and transmission line expert on the grid to prevent black outs.
Tapestry’s capabilities sound like they could be used to optimize the use of the physical assets on the CA grid that could reduce the amount of curtailment at different local nodes that is impacting the negative pricing in the markets.
Re a quick conversation about grid regionalization in CA: There are so many reasons why this is a *very bad idea*: - emissions will go up, even according to best case supporters' model, because it will result in extending the life of particularly nasty coal plants in the coal states; - it's not likely to reduce rates, again, according to the supporters' own modeling; - it's going to be expensive even at the proposed (low ball) cost estimate AND there's no analysis about how much CA clean energy that $300 mm would buy; - CA risks its autonomy to make energy policy, linking itself to FERC which has been, as you might have noticed, politicized; -CA will pay millions to build transmission lines to ship coal power to CA; -CA already has robust trading mechanisms set up across the western region. This is a terrible time for CA to lose control over its clean energy policies, and it's never a good time for CA to ship jobs to other states.
Finding Bob’s that will share their tact knowledge/expertise has saved my butt and wallet more than once. Luckily for me a controls expert was able to identify a few physical locations in a hydroponics system that were exhibiting physical abnormalities that he had experienced in the past that had led to a cascade of failures in hydroponics systems. Bringing a hydroponics expert in to help diagnose what was initially thought to be a simple r&r plan to replace a faulty sensor and install a new auto watering device was kind of like finding a distribution and transmission line expert on the grid to prevent black outs.
ref https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/long-term-wear-found-on-pge-line-that-sparked-camp-fire/2151906/
Tapestry’s capabilities sound like they could be used to optimize the use of the physical assets on the CA grid that could reduce the amount of curtailment at different local nodes that is impacting the negative pricing in the markets.
ref- https://www.caiso.com/documents/monthly-renewables-performance-report-april-2025.html
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