03-14-2014, 05:28 AM
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Originally posted by gypsy69
I think the electric goes off (more) the closer you live to Geothermal, and cost more too.
The closer you live to PGV, the chance of getting your electric from PGV is virtually zero. That is because the power line from PGV almost completely bypasses Puna except for the water station and police/fire buildings. The electric for Puna comes almost entirely from the Puna oil burning plant up by Shipman.
The more your electric goes off is more likely to be how close or how many albizia trees there are in your area or up the line from your area. There have been several long outages in Beaches and Shores from the past few storms, while just up the road, the power never went out. The difference, many more albizia trees down road and down line.
Also, on this topic, it was never a done deal that the next geothermal plant would be on the east side at all. The load demand is on the west side and there are developments in geothermal power design that will open up areas that were once thought to have low energy extraction feasibility.
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