Power outages????

we get our share but not like guys in stt

On north shore STX (feeder 6), we've lost power about once a week for the past 6 weeks, which is typical for the long-run. At different times in the past couple of years, we've gone months without an outage, and we've had multiple daily outages.

STX is no worse than NY state!!!

STX ...or Florida.

stx is worse than florida in regards to power outages.

Actually I think it depends on where in FL you live. In Martin Co. I had to reset my clocks bi-weekly, which is certainly more than I have had to do here. Not to diss FPL ---after two major hurricanes in 2005 they restored power to 95% of household in a week, and in the event of equipment failure they had repair trucks on the scene in an hour. And of course, the KW $ were about 1/4 of WAPA's rate.

i have lived in both indian rocks beach and marathon, neither compare to here. interesting.

I'm on the North side of STT like Alana but probably on a different feeder as I didn't have any outages when she did although in the last three weeks there were a whole bunch of outages from anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours which were a real pain. Apparently the new leased generator is now up and running and will enable WAPA to do necessary general maintenance on the other units without the necessity of any prolonged outages. Hope springs eternal!

good luck OldTart

God said Let There Be Light
WAPA said Not A Chance

God said Let There Be Light
WAPA said Not A Chance

WAPA has been saying it ALLOT this yr.as there has been a staggering amount even for WAPA so now we must be constantly prepared to do without electricity even when it is not hurricane season. Had more outages yesterday.
Hard to believe sometimes we live in the 21st century. Ahhh! Life in de tropics!
I thought the new leased multi million $$ unit was supposed to help alleviate some of these constant outages.
I love my generator just not the cost of diesel but at least it's available and well maintained thanks to my generator service person.
Whole house surge protecters and the UPS for all electronic equipment is a must these days. At least the UPS's give you time to save work and shut things down if not using the generator.

I thought the new leased multi million $$ unit was supposed to help alleviate some of these constant outages.

The leased generator only just went online and now that it's on to take up the slack, WAPA is doing needed maintenance on the other generators to get them up to par. It's going to entail some brief outages here and there on a few minor feeders and WAPA hasn't made light of that (pun intended!) but has been upfront. This too shall pass.

An explanation of extended power outages on the mainland: http://news.yahoo.com/easy-fix-eludes-power-outage-problems-us-220940392.html

Summary: Above-ground power lines are vulnerable to damange from worsening weather due to climate change, and burying the power lines is cost-prohibitive.

Excerpts:

EASY FIX ELUDES POWER OUTAGE PROBLEMS IN US
By CHRIS KAHN and ERIC TUCKER | Associated Press

"WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of violent storms that knocked out power to millions from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic , sweltering residents and elected officials are demanding to know why it's taking so long to restring power lines and why they're not more resilient in the first place.

The answer, it turns out, is complicated: Above-ground lines are vulnerable to lashing winds and falling trees, but relocating them underground involves huge costs — as much as $15 million per mile of buried line — and that gets passed onto consumers."

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"They obviously need to invest more in preparing for getting the power back on," said Maryland state Sen. James Rosapepe, who is among those advocating for moving lines underground. "Every time this happens, they say they're shocked — shocked that it rained or snowed or it was hot — which isn't an acceptable excuse given that we all know about climate change."

Though the newest communities do bury their power lines, many older ones have found that it's too expensive to replace existing networks.

To bury power lines, utilities need to take over city streets so they can cut trenches into the asphalt, lay down plastic conduits and then the power lines. Manholes must be created to connect the lines together. The overall cost is between $5 million and $15 million per mile, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., a nonprofit research and development group funded by electric utilities. Those costs get passed on to residents in the form of higher electric bills, making the idea unpalatable for many communities.

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