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Palm Springs California E Amado Rd 2022 01
Walking down Amato Road one night, I passed this door which opens into Southern California Edison's downtown Palm Springs substation. Any idiot, such as myself, can read and photograph the sign posted by Edison.
Opinion: Edison does a good job with their transmission and distribution. They also have high rates because this level of service is costly. For example, if some 12,000-volt transmission line shorts out, Edison immediately dispatches a trouble car to go see what's happening. Other utilities wait for a bunch of grumpy customers to call in and report their power is out. Monitoring SCADA and having trouble people available to respond is expensive. Their service area goes from Fresno to the San Diego County line. I'm out here in the hinterlands where there are often high winds. Overall, there are few power outages.
I think part of being a participant in democracy is having a literacy in utilities. That includes having a basic understanding of how rate cases are developed and how the California Public Utilities Commission oversees utilities.
A senior manager …told us, 'Part of the [electric grid] control room experience is to know when not to follow procedures. …There are bad days when a procedure doesn't cover it, and then you have to use your wits.'
— Emery Roe and Paul R. Schulman from High Reliability Management: Operating on the Edge
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Palm Springs California E Amado Rd 2022 01
Walking down Amato Road one night, I passed this door which opens into Southern California Edison's downtown Palm Springs substation. Any idiot, such as myself, can read and photograph the sign posted by Edison.
Opinion: Edison does a good job with their transmission and distribution. They also have high rates because this level of service is costly. For example, if some 12,000-volt transmission line shorts out, Edison immediately dispatches a trouble car to go see what's happening. Other utilities wait for a bunch of grumpy customers to call in and report their power is out. Monitoring SCADA and having trouble people available to respond is expensive. Their service area goes from Fresno to the San Diego County line. I'm out here in the hinterlands where there are often high winds. Overall, there are few power outages.
I think part of being a participant in democracy is having a literacy in utilities. That includes having a basic understanding of how rate cases are developed and how the California Public Utilities Commission oversees utilities.
A senior manager …told us, 'Part of the [electric grid] control room experience is to know when not to follow procedures. …There are bad days when a procedure doesn't cover it, and then you have to use your wits.'
— Emery Roe and Paul R. Schulman from High Reliability Management: Operating on the Edge
Please do not copy this image.
Journalism Grade Image.
Source: 4,200x2800 16-bit TIF file.