DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Here’s my new start page: California ISO System Conditions. This page shows the current and forecasted load on the state’s power grid. Today is the 3rd straight day classified as a Stage 3 Emergency, which basically means the ISO projects that load will be within 1.5% of capacity.

I don’t happen to live in Zone 50, the 43% of the grid that is immune to rolling blackouts, so this site may well go dark at some point before Spring. And then again during the summer. And then again next Winter…

I had to laugh at this: Steve Peace, author of California’s energy deregulation plan, has decided against running for statewide office — but denies the current crisis might have affected his ability to win an election.