Re:Native American tribe insulates itself from CA blackouts ...
by bsder on Sunday January 05, 2020 @05:27PM
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> Every place that is on PG&E power currently would have to gain control of the PG&E power poles and spend the money needed to modernize them. That is a huge cost.
And, after dealing with all that infrastructure, add a substation capable of disconnecting and reconnecting a town or city to the primary PG&E grid since they need that for consistent power anyway.
Or, they could just stay connected to the PG&E grid like now and spend nothing.
And, as a side benefit, you don't have to deal with the local town politics to try to get this through. Really. I have stories and stories of people who simply tried to bring broadband to their little towns and the fiasco that it always became--partially because of the telcos but often the locals were worse.
And, after dealing with all that infrastructure, add a substation capable of disconnecting and reconnecting a town or city to the primary PG&E grid since they need that for consistent power anyway.
Or, they could just stay connected to the PG&E grid like now and spend nothing.
And, as a side benefit, you don't have to deal with the local town politics to try to get this through. Really. I have stories and stories of people who simply tried to bring broadband to their little towns and the fiasco that it always became--partially because of the telcos but often the locals were worse.