This week we’ve had three blackouts totaling more than 28 hours without power. Apparently we were not alone with more than 38,000 customers in Southern California experiencing outages. The extreme heat created excess demand and over burdened the system. Repair crews were working overtime to correct problems over more than a hundred mile radius.
Not having power made me realize how dependent we are on electricity. Lights, refrigeration, A/C, internet, tv, the garage door opener, etc were all eliminated instantly. Overall it wasn’t to bad and we were able to adapt. Hopefully in the future we will have a smarter grid, greater electrical storage capacity, and more sustainable sources of energy. I doubt our dependency will change but the way we approach this resource in the future might.
