The bill came due to California’s insistence on ignoring the realities of physics and engineering so that its politicos could push forth green energy schemes premised on climate change pseudoscience.
Karma, at least, had a chuckle. One of the first places impacted by the recent heat wave melting the southern California electrical grid was in the heart of eco-alarmism: Hollywood.
In a weekend marked by power outages due to extreme heat, the Hollywood Bowl had to cancel its Sunday program after the historic venue lost electricity.No details were available about the cause of the power outage or how long it was supposed to last.On the social media platform X, Hollywood Bowl officials said “if a new date for this performance can be confirmed, details will follow and tickets for the original date will be valid for the new performance date.”Grouplove and Tiny Habits were scheduled to perform.
The response to this development has been less than sympathetic.
Thousands in the region were without power during the weekend, where temperatures soared over 100 in many areas.
As of 5 p.m., Southern California Edison was reporting 66 outages affecting 8,840 customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported at 2 p.m. Saturday there were 7,042 customers without power and around 100 outage incidents in mainly residential areas. As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, 6,610 customers still were without power, utility spokeswoman Terinn Holman said.“It will take time for crews to respond to and restore all affected areas as safely as possible, the LADWP posted at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. “Please be patient with us as our crews continue to work around the clock.”
Closer to my home in San Diego, over 14,000 homes went dark (mercifully, not mine).
An outage at the Jamacha substation impacted roughly 10,500 customers. The initial outage was reported at 3:15 p.m. and power has been restored to a majority of the customers in the La Presa, Spring Valley and Rancho San Diego neighborhoods.As of 6 p.m., roughly 6,100 people are without power throughout San Diego County, a spokesperson for SDG&E told CBS 8. It’s most prominent, they said, in eastern San Diego County and Center City.SDG&E is still investigating the root cause of the problem but said investigators are confident it’s weather-related.
It looks like rolling blackouts are back, baby!
Some Pasadena families may be left in the dark as the city is implementing rolling blackouts.The Pasadena Water and Power has a map showing the areas impacted by the scheduled power outage. At last check around 5:30 p.m. Friday, the rolling blackout impacted more than 1,400 customers.The Pasadena Water and Power told the City News Service that those without power in the area are expected to have lights back on within an hour.
Take-home lesson: If you want rock concerts with acoustics and lighting at night, you need civilization-worthy power sources. Currently, there are only two: fossil fuels and nuclear power.
As California seems intent on gutting its fossil fuel industry, perhaps someone in Sacramento can start getting Generation IV nuclear power in place.
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