[BC] 3 phase to single phase conversion - a sneaky, perhaps unethical solution

[Mike McCarthy]

Actually, in Illinois, there is a rule in the tariff that if a customer of 
a certain size or larger is planning to add or reduce more than a certain 
amount in a short period that they are to call the transmission control 
center for their area to advise those actions in advance. Suddenly dropping 
a major load off the network could cause a scram to any one of the local 
plants.  Or conversely, cause the whole grid around the area to dip when 
the load is added without sufficient generating capacity.

Adding or dropping a 100KW load isn't one of those....  We're talking 100MW 
and higher...like plants with larger super temperature heaters/furnaces 
used in metal/glass forging/fabrication.

MM

At 04:01 PM 2/13/2009 -0500, Cowboy wrote

>Reminds me of the wind tunnel at NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland.
>  ( Lewis has since been down-graded to John Glen )
>
>  They literally phone the power company before cranking up the wind tunnel
>  as extra generators are needed to provide the power.
>  Hey, generating super-sonic wind takes power ! LOTS of power.
>
>--
>Cowboy