Power Company Controls AC

[dmccarty]

Thanks for the additional input. I remember seeing Duke Energy power trucks in Bradenton, Florida working with FPL crews. When our power was restored in 2006 after a storm, the only power company trucks and equipment that I saw in Bradenton and Sarasota all had Duke Power on the trucks. I asked one crew in the parking lot of the Desoto Mall in regards to seeing all their equipment in the surrounding Counties and they told me that their parent company bought FPL. The crew were probably telling me about possible future acquisitions. You are correct about the impending acquisition. If it goes through, the web said that it will be the largest in the US because of all the companies that these two Companies own presently. Sometimes two heads are better than one, and working together, we can get all the info. By the way dmccarty, upon further investigation, I discovered that BOA was a main stockholder. There were so many banks listed as stockholders that I quit reading the entire list. The same goes for all the other energy companies that the two companies currently own. The two companies are really huge. Thanks again for the additional info. I'm in Yanceyville. Where are you located?

I be back up near the RTP area.

I did not know about the power company ownership.

The power companies have agreements to help each other out after big storms. I have seen quite a few different power company trucks in my area working after big storms and I have seen trucks moving through my area to places about to be hit. I saw a convoy heading east a few months back following the storm we had.

I used to know a guy who was a lineman with one of the large contract companies. He used to travel out of state fixing storm damage.

Later
Dan

 

[creekbend]

I be back up near the RTP area.

I did not know about the power company ownership.

The power companies have agreements to help each other out after big storms. I have seen quite a few different power company trucks in my area working after big storms and I have seen trucks moving through my area to places about to be hit. I saw a convoy heading east a few months back following the storm we had.

I used to know a guy who was a lineman with one of the large contract companies. He used to travel out of state fixing storm damage.

Later
Dan

Thanks and have a good day.

 

[clemsonfor]

If spralmarts were required to use LED lot lighting, each standard would have 4 lights running 52 watts each (x4) as opposed to the current 400 watts (HID) each x 4 per standard.

Thats 208 watts vs 1600 watts. Less light, but not by much. savings about $50/month at 10 cents per kwh and 12 hours of use. These lots easily have 50 of these lights (supercenters) = $2,500/month savings. But they dont do it....and the new wall mart here leaves their lot lit 24/7...dont know why.

Yep im with you on this. I thought about LED but they can say they cost 10x the bulb blah blah, im with you the math makes sense. Our stores around here have the skylights too. I worked in k mart in Hish school ( im younger than most you guys but this was still 12 years or so ago, way before the giant Green revolution. Our store which was atleast id say close to 10 yrs at that point had sky lights and lights dimmed in day and in evening when ligth was not as bright would brighten up or add a bulb or something, you could see it brighten in the evenings.