Comments on: Is PG&E fiddling while the grid burns? http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Students scalp graduation tickets http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-688 Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Students scalp graduation tickets Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:40:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-688 <p>[...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]</p> [...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]

]]> By: Earth2Tech » Blog Archive 365 Main: Thanks Hitec for Outage « http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-315 Earth2Tech » Blog Archive 365 Main: Thanks Hitec for Outage « Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:01:42 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-315 <p>[...] occurred last week at some of Web 2.0’s brand name companies - Technorati, Yelp, Craigslist. (Om, Kevin and Adena’s thoughts). Well, here’s the latest update, 365 Main now says that three of [...]</p> [...] occurred last week at some of Web 2.0’s brand name companies – Technorati, Yelp, Craigslist. (Om, Kevin and Adena’s thoughts). Well, here’s the latest update, 365 Main now says that three of [...]

]]> By: Top Posts « WordPress.com http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-224 Top Posts « WordPress.com Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:40 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-224 <p>[...] Is PG&E fiddling while the grid burns? The Internet may be bringing us all closer together, but the companies powering it are as fractured as ever. There are […] [...]</p> [...] Is PG&E fiddling while the grid burns? The Internet may be bringing us all closer together, but the companies powering it are as fractured as ever. There are […] [...]

]]> By: Data Center Outage Puts Spotlight On Power Systems | www.theirway.net http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-220 Data Center Outage Puts Spotlight On Power Systems | www.theirway.net Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:03:07 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-220 <p>[...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]</p> [...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]

]]> By: El Mike’s Internet News Blog » Blog Archive » Data Center Outage Puts Spotlight On Power Systems http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-216 El Mike’s Internet News Blog » Blog Archive » Data Center Outage Puts Spotlight On Power Systems Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:37:19 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-216 <p>[...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]</p> [...] will continue to prove satisfactory. Although we blamed excessive hubris for the crash, some are pointing fingers at the utility PG&E, for letting the underlying power outage happen. Of course, this doesn’t explain why 365 [...]

]]> By: Peter http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-211 Peter Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:24:58 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/07/26/is-pge-fiddling-while-the-grid-burns/#comment-211 <p>There should be an escalating penalty for outages to give incentives to the companies to prevent them. I.e. a 6 hour outage results in a 1 day credit, automatically. (the user doesn't have to call to get it).</p> <p>Until it's more expensive to not fix a problem than to fix one, they won't have a reason to do it..</p> There should be an escalating penalty for outages to give incentives to the companies to prevent them. I.e. a 6 hour outage results in a 1 day credit, automatically. (the user doesn’t have to call to get it).

Until it’s more expensive to not fix a problem than to fix one, they won’t have a reason to do it..

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