can it be done
#1
11-03-02, 05:34 AM
can it be done
can the electric companys,during mild winters decrease volts being sent to people so your hot water heater. heat pump, fridge,etc will work harder so more electric will be used= more profit. have a friend who works with company said this is done
#2
11-03-02, 05:56 AM
Banned. Rule And/Or Policy Violation
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Northeastern NC On The Albemarle Sound
Posts: 10,701
Upvotes: 0
Received 1 Upvote
on
1 Post
I have no idea if that is ever actually done, but after Enron's deliberate rate rape of California during it's energy crisis, nothing would surprise me.
Mike
Mike
#6
11-03-02, 11:18 AM
Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Maryland
Posts: 646
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by sberry27
"Right,, there has never been any conspiricy in the energy business,,, and never will be!!!"
sberry27
If you understood Watt hour metering you would know that this particular tactic would no work. The meters are built by meter manufacturing companies rather than by power utilities. The meters measure the actual power delivered over time and any decrease in voltage causes the meter to register less power used rather than more.
--
Tom
"Right,, there has never been any conspiricy in the energy business,,, and never will be!!!"
sberry27
If you understood Watt hour metering you would know that this particular tactic would no work. The meters are built by meter manufacturing companies rather than by power utilities. The meters measure the actual power delivered over time and any decrease in voltage causes the meter to register less power used rather than more.
--
Tom
#8
11-03-02, 09:38 PM
I do know that Con Edison would tweak the distribution on hot summer days to avoid brown-outs by diverting power from commercial clients. This would knock out the tunnel boring machine used on the 3rd Water Tunnel Project in Queens for the rest of the day.
