The left finally found the limit of how far they can push a company

[Dad_Roman]

Anyone know what kind of money it would cost to bury some of these lines in high wind areas? Seems like it might be cheaper than the losses they have had last couple of years after the fires.

Ahelluvalot/per mile. Do-able, they just dont want to pay for it.

 

[Vaquero]

Ahelluvalot/per mile. Do-able, they just dont want to pay for it.

Back in '05 an underground feeder was costing just over $6.00 a foot, installed. I'm sure that's probably about doubled by now.
Fault lines and buried lines don't = reliable.
It does = more difficult and expensive repairs

Besides, the trenching and backfilling might disturb them squealing salamanders. We can't have that.

 

[Big Green]

Back in '05 an underground feeder was costing just over $6.00 a foot, installed. I'm sure that's probably about doubled by now.
Fault lines and buried lines don't = reliable.
It does = more difficult and expensive repairs

Besides, the trenching and backfilling might disturb them squealing salamanders. We can't have that.

Vs nearly being sued into bankruptcy? At some point you would think that some of that cost might be necessary. But CA isn’t known for thinking rationally.

 

[Hoji]

Back in '05 an underground feeder was costing just over $6.00 a foot, installed. I'm sure that's probably about doubled by now.
Fault lines and buried lines don't = reliable.
It does = more difficult and expensive repairs

Besides, the trenching and backfilling might disturb them squealing salamanders. We can't have that.

Red legged frogs were the flavor of crazy when I was out there last year

 

[dapakattack]

I see this as a way for the State of California to take over any and all power production for their state. That way they can implement any new "renewable" source they deem Earth friendly. The cost be damned....we need to save those slugs and frogs!

 

[PhulesAu]

If ya had a big rig full of generators, one could clean up....

I'd park at th AZ state line and run some search lights.
They truly need to suffer.

 

[Mohawk600]

Had the same conversation with a dem friend who lives in Austin and was bitching about the homeless, their crap, needles, and trash left in his yard which backs up on Shoal Creek.

You voted for it, live with it ...

Austin sucks.....I know....I live there.

Homeless guy threw an electric scooter through a car window downtown a day ago....because he got into a scuffle with the driver. Homeless guy was blocking traffic. They have been enboldened by policies here.

 

[Mohawk600]

What is accomplished by shutting off the power?

No fires started by power lines and trees coming into contact due to high winds and dry conditions.

 

[Mohawk600]

Red legged frogs were the flavor of crazy when I was out there last year

Golden-cheeked Warblers, salamanders, and cave crickets in Austin.

 

[jordanmills]

Fuel pumps run on electricity. It eventually ends.
Don't **** with linemen.

I know the kind of people we're talking about here... but I don't get how someone would f with linemen. I know they're usually not the same people, but someone from centerpoint electric comes out to my house, they get a guided tour to the meter and whatever they ask for. If someone is bringing the juice that just about runs your life, you keep them happy.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I know the kind of people we're talking about here... but I don't get how someone would f with linemen. I know they're usually not the same people, but someone from centerpoint electric comes out to my house, they get a guided tour to the meter and whatever they ask for. If someone is bringing the juice that just about runs your life, you keep them happy.

Yep.
I was bringing them cold bottled water when they showed up after the hurricane....

 

[Hoji]

Golden-cheeked Warblers, salamanders, and cave crickets in Austin.

Yep. I was the Ranger for the COA’s Balcones Canyonland Preserve for almost 10 years before I went into safety.
You forgot the Black Capped Vireo( although it has now been delisted from the ESL so the conservation efforts seemed to have worked)

 

[Mohawk600]

You forgot the Black Capped Vireo( although it has now been delisted from the ESL so the conservation efforts seemed to have worked)

Yep....forgot that one. I am definitely not opposed to conservation. But growth (roads and infrastructure) in Austin is stymied by the whackadoos

 

[Hoji]

Yep....forgot that one. I am definitely not opposed to conservation. But growth (roads and infrastructure) in Austin is stymied by the whackadoos

It is more the leftist bureaucracy that runs the city.
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/...mburgers-owner-says-shell-never-build-in.html

 

[F350-6]

What is accomplished by shutting off the power?

They aren't going to get sued for the fires that already started due to the high fire danger, not to mention the ones that might or might not have started due to the power lines, or tree branches falling into power lines, etc.

Companies that want to stay in business can only be pushed so far before they start to push back. Their goal I'm assuming is to shut off power any time there might be a fire danger until the state passes a law exempting them from fire damage lawsuits.

Time to grab the popcorn and watch it all play out.

 

[pronstar]

One more “unforeseen consequence” of liberal policies.

I’m just glad I’m no longer on the receiving end of CA retardation...I can watch from afar.


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[TxStetson]

A few years ago, conservationists started trying to stop new Oilfield locations in West Texas and actually succeeded in some. All to save the highly endangered lesser prairie chicken, which is so endangered they actually have a hunting season for it in Kansas. It still took a few months to get all those injunctions overturned.

 

[lightflyer1]

The greenbelt behind my house will never be developed due to the Bone Cave harvestman spider. A tiny orange spider that lives in the limestone caves that are found in this area (Williamson and Travis counties). It is on the federal endangered species list. It ties up a lot of projects here.

 

[servis]

And after the state takes over electric production and distribution, they will be able to appoint highly paid board members who have no clue. Costs will go even higher as payouts increase.
A house of cards that will collapse.

 

[Dawico]

It just really sucks that in general most of the people affected aren't the tree hugging hippies in the big city areas.

This is affecting the folks that are generally more conservative and live away from the cities. Those people more than likely didn't vote in the direction these policies are coming from.