Power outage around Calgary core - April 9

[taemo]

Curious to hear if anyone else impacted by the power outage in downtown today.
Office in BVS and around 10:30 all of a sudden we lost power and had to evacuate shortly after 11am.
Heard other building like Suncor and some on the East side got impacted as well. Lots of fire trucks driving around too.

Told us to go WFH for now but will have to power everything back on later today.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Curious to hear if anyone else impacted by the power outage in downtown today.
Office in BVS and around 10:30 all of a sudden we lost power and had to evacuate shortly after 11am.
Heard other building like Suncor and some on the East side got impacted as well. Lots of fire trucks driving around too.

Told us to go WFH for now but will have to power everything back on later today.

It's good to evacuate. We once stayed in a (much smaller) building that lost power for a few hours and once those emergency lights run out of batteries, the stairwells are darker than a black-bear's ass at midnight.
We had to murder and eat the HSE Loser to leave the building. He was plump, but not tasty.
Le disappoint.

[ercchry]

My brother said “entire core shutdown” earlier today… then didn’t follow up, so I just assumed he died

[ExtraSlow]

RIP bro.

Muriettas was functioning.

[suntan]

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My brother said “entire core shutdown” earlier today… then didn’t follow up, so I just assumed he died

Pics of brother's wife/gf?

[The_Penguin]

Nary a blip over in Vic Park. Ever since we moved 2 years ago, our giant UPS has never reported anything. Fingers crossed I didn't jinx it.

[schurchill39]

I'm down close to the Westin and we didn't have anything.

[killramos]

On the green line construction route… coincidence? I think not.

[ExtraSlow]

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On the green line construction route… coincidence? I think not.

Why do you hate the environment?

[you&me]

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On the green line construction route… coincidence? I think not.

@killramos - are those a pair of extra large gauge wire cutters in your pocket, or were you just happy to have the afternoon off?

[killramos]

That’s me. Mr Sunshine and Rainbows

[ZenOps]

Not unexpected power outage.

http://ets.aeso.ca/Market/Reports/Ma...nd_demand.html

Until about April 22nd generation in Alberta will be at its lowest supply. Not sure, but I believe its mostly because of Shepard.

[haggis88]

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Not unexpected power outage.

http://ets.aeso.ca/Market/Reports/Ma...nd_demand.html

Until about April 22nd generation in Alberta will be at its lowest supply. Not sure, but I believe its mostly because of Shepard.

I think both Shepard and Genessee 1 are down for majors this spring, so there's 1.2GW straight away

[pheoxs]

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I think both Shepard and Genessee 1 are down for majors this spring, so there's 1.2GW straight away

Yeah, total of 4.6GW of gas is offline now, though that includes things like Genessee Repower 1 and Cascade that aren't fully operational. Should only be another 1-2 weeks though before some of it is back online.

Daily Outage Report (aeso.ca)

[haggis88]

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Yeah, total of 4.6GW of gas is offline now, though that includes things like Genessee Repower 1 and Cascade that aren't fully operational. Should only be another 1-2 weeks though before some of it is back online.

Daily Outage Report (aeso.ca)

Chaos = cash

Keep pushing those peaker units to their limit, I need some work!

[ExtraSlow]

[pheoxs]

Half a dozen fire trucks at BVS again right now, though unsure why

[BokCh0y]

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Half a dozen fire trucks at BVS again right now, though unsure why

Prolly count chocula on the loose!!! climate emergency!!!!

[killramos]

More likely a half dozen overdoses

[ThePenIsMightier]

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More likely a half dozen overdoses

More like an overdose of Count Chocula, amirite?!!?