Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2014 21:29:16 GMT -5
I live in Newfoundland, and my province has been experiencing a cold snap, which thankfully is on the way out now.
To add insult to injury, there was an electricity shortage due to unplanned maintenance of the thermal generating units and other power sources which caused rolling blackouts over a 7 day period.
It was thought the problems were resolved by Wednesday, but while power did not go in my region since, some areas of Newfoundland were without power for a brief period because of an electrical trip at one of the thermal generating units.
During the midst of a storm last Saturday morning, a substation miles away from where I live did catch on fire and caused 190,000 residents to lose power.
One of the generating units last Saturday (the night after a blizzard) did trip, but was turned back on by Wednesday evening, slowly and steadily. That same unit was attempted to be turned on quickly on Sunday night, but a transformer fire at the switchyard made the problem relapse, though fewer people were affected (90,000 to be exact).
Another power outage, though short-lived, was due to one of the generating units experiencing a trip and this time only 25,000 people were without power but only for a few minutes.
Now, as of this post, a small number of neighborhoods in Corner Brook are without power.
It seems as if, every time a blackout occurs in some form, fewer and fewer people are affected. And I got a question: what are electrical trips, and how do they happen? Do they happen when there's an overload of power in the areas affected?
Either way, this is a rare but unfortunate event, and I feel for those who have been affected, but I am hoping that, with fewer and fewer people being affected by blackouts as they occur, this will be a sign of complete recovery.
To add insult to injury, there was an electricity shortage due to unplanned maintenance of the thermal generating units and other power sources which caused rolling blackouts over a 7 day period.
It was thought the problems were resolved by Wednesday, but while power did not go in my region since, some areas of Newfoundland were without power for a brief period because of an electrical trip at one of the thermal generating units.
During the midst of a storm last Saturday morning, a substation miles away from where I live did catch on fire and caused 190,000 residents to lose power.
One of the generating units last Saturday (the night after a blizzard) did trip, but was turned back on by Wednesday evening, slowly and steadily. That same unit was attempted to be turned on quickly on Sunday night, but a transformer fire at the switchyard made the problem relapse, though fewer people were affected (90,000 to be exact).
Another power outage, though short-lived, was due to one of the generating units experiencing a trip and this time only 25,000 people were without power but only for a few minutes.
Now, as of this post, a small number of neighborhoods in Corner Brook are without power.
It seems as if, every time a blackout occurs in some form, fewer and fewer people are affected. And I got a question: what are electrical trips, and how do they happen? Do they happen when there's an overload of power in the areas affected?
Either way, this is a rare but unfortunate event, and I feel for those who have been affected, but I am hoping that, with fewer and fewer people being affected by blackouts as they occur, this will be a sign of complete recovery.