Summary

THE POWER SUPPLY IN CALIFORNIA REMAINS DANGEROUSLY LOW

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 196451
Story Slug POWER ALERT FOLLOW UP (12/12/2000)
Location SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Format PKG W/TAG
Date 12/12/2000
Archive Time 10:47
TRT 1:08
Supers SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA KELLAN LUCKIGER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER LYNN DIEHL REPORTING
Video Description WORKERS LOOKING AT READINGS ON POWER SUPPLY, WIDE OF OPERATIONS ROOM, SOT, PAN/TRUCK DOWN HIGH ENERGY POWER LINES AND TOWERS, POWER GENERATING PLANT EXTERIOR, SUBSTATION, SOT, WATER COMING OVER DAM, POWER LINE TOWERS
Description THE POWER SUPPLY IN CALIFORNIA REMAINS DANGEROUSLY LOW
Script LEAD: CALIFORNIA'S POWER SUPPLY REMAINS DANGEROUSLY LOW. AS LYNN DIEHL EXPLAINS, THE AREA ENERGY CRUNCH IS IN ITS NINTH STRAIGHT DAY... WITH NO END IN SIGHT. (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: THE DELICATE BALANCE OF POWER CONTINUES IN THE CAL-ISO OPERATIONS ROOM. TUESDAY IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN MONDAY... BUT BETTER THAN MUCH OF LAST WEEK. (SOT-Kellan "It isn't as cold up there as they originally projected today so they canceled alerts in the Northwest.") MORE POWER MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR IMPORT. THAT, COUPLED WITH MORE GENERATORS PRODUCING, MAY TRANSLATE INTO THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT A STAGE TWO ALERT IN DAYS. OR NOT... GIVEN THE NARROW OPERATING MARGIN. CALIFORNIA'S SITUATION IS TIED TO SURROUNDING STATES WHERE SUPPLY AND COST CONCERNS ARE RISING. (SOT-Kellan "It's a regional market. These prices are not only in Northern California these Northwest and Southwest utilities both the supply picture and the cost picture.") ANOTHER EMERGING ISSUE IS THAT OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER IMPORTED FROM THE NORTHWEST... LACK OF RAINFALL OR LOW RESERVOIRS COULD BECOME YET ANOTHER OBSTACLE IN A COMPLEX PROBLEM IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LONG TERM STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. LYNN DIEHL, KOVR, 13 NEWS. TAG: ON FRIDAY, THE I-S-O MADE A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO CHANGE THE PRICE CAP BECAUSE OF SOARING NATURAL GAS PRICES. IT MEANS THAT POWER GENERATORS, IF THEY CAN VERIFY THEIR COSTS, CAN PRODUCE ENERGY WITHOUT LOSING MONEY. WE'RE TOLD IT HAS IMPROVED THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF MANAGING AVAILABLE POWER. BUT IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THE LONG TERM TREND WILL TURN OUT AS EXPECTED.
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Keywords

ENERGY
POWER SOURCE
POWER GENERATION
POWER SUPPLY
HYDROELECTRIC
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