[Outages-discussion] [EXTERNAL] Re: [outages] Dreamhost MySQL outage?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via Outages-discussion" <outages-discussion at outages.org>

> What do you make of the DSG power sharing program, with the generators being
> used to help the utilities? I had literally never heard of this before, and it
> seems like a risky idea on paper. Given PG&E's, uh, shall we say, less than
> stellar track record with safety and reliability...

I cannot speak to whether PG&E can *execute* the program outlined in that
flier, but, as far as I can see, they certainly answered all those questions
the way I would want to see them answered if I were a DC operator.

Their advantage is solely the availablity of extra spinning capacity; damn
near every other advantage inures to the genset owner.

Cheers,
-- jra
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