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IamSauerKraut t1_j0q6t94 wrote

Reply to comment by guggabump in Power Outages by pimpwalkjohnson

They've had 50+ years to be innovative yet have still not arrived at that stage.

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New_Sun6390 t1_j0rhjwv wrote

>They've had 50+ years to be innovative yet have still not arrived at that stage.

And what data do you have to back up this claim? Are you saying SCADA, fault detection and sectionalization devices, and advanced metering are not innovative?

Do tell us what you think they should be doing. Start with your qualifications for making such claims.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j0rtgx2 wrote

Did not realize I needed a PhD to have life experience. Maybe you should start with the post to which I commented. Then take your acid and go find some pepcid.

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New_Sun6390 t1_j0ry9j8 wrote

>Did not realize I needed a PhD to have life experience

Thank you for proving your ignorance on this matter. I gave you three examples of electric grid innovation and you come back with a personal attack. Sweet.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j0s92cl wrote

Those innovations do not prevent long stretches of power outages now, do they?

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New_Sun6390 t1_j0sqvux wrote

SCADA, sectionalizing, and fault detection absolutely can help to shorten outage duration so you are wrong again.

Weather related outages will happen. Utilities are always striving to improve reliability, bit they cannot control the weather. Learn to deal with it.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j0suyap wrote

>can help to shorten outage duration so you are wrong again.

"can help" is passive but not the same as "will help" or "ends outages."

But pat yourself on the back for being... well, I dunno, a dick?

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New_Sun6390 t1_j0sy3mb wrote

Well clearly you think you can do a better job operating the power grid. So by all means, apply for a job at the utility and show them how it is done. Dick.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j0u6iru wrote

>you think you can do a better job operating the power grid

My initial comment was as a direct response to another's re innovation. Had nothing to do with the strawmen you continue to throw up. Power outages have been an unsolved issue for power companies for decades. Maybe CMP can detect that tree falling over the lines more quickly now than they did in the 70's but as this thread clearly shows, folks continue to be without power in the dead of winter for days on end. Wake me up when the highfaluten innovation of your blessed power companies puts an end to that.

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