tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post998630304702607551..comments2024-02-26T03:01:28.791-08:00Comments on Wildomar Rap: • Close to 100 People Attend Anti-LEAPS MeetingJoseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-28203420145071980382018-03-05T12:26:29.195-08:002018-03-05T12:26:29.195-08:00John,
I always enjoy reading your replies, good i...John,<br /><br />I always enjoy reading your replies, good info mixed with good humor. Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-23480946132737401882018-03-03T11:26:47.448-08:002018-03-03T11:26:47.448-08:00Hi Joseph.
This is a good summary of the meeting....Hi Joseph. <br />This is a good summary of the meeting. Thanks for sending your reporting staff to the event.<br />It looks like you resolved the 500 MW question. Since our last conversation, I looked through a few documents so I'm 100% certain of my answer -- it's a 500 Megawatt plant. Also, I gave you a different answer about the fish kills and lake draining than what they gave at the meeting. That part surprised me, and here's why: The 2006 Draft EIS and 2007 EIS both mention killing or reducing fish population and drawing down the lake during construction, but the FERC alternative said no, build a coffer dam instead. (I suspect that building a temporary, water-tight dam using neighboring properties, is more expensive than unplugging the lake.) So, in my layman's view, I believe that the FERC alternative is the one that will get approved, but in truth, the FERC alternative is the one that "more likely" will get approved. As long as "kill the fish" is in the 2007 EIS, which Nevada Hydro wants to use as currently written, then others have a right to worry about the fish poisoning and draining the lake.<br /><br />I also like your characterization of John Pecora. I've known him since 2005 because of this project. He also ran for Water Board as a opposition to LEAPS candidate.<br /><br />I could also add that pumped storage is a viable means of capturing renewable energy, but it must be tightly coupled to solar or wind energy sources and it's development cost must be low enough that the plant can afford to buy less reliable wind and solar to fill the reservoir. LEAPS, by virtue of its location, will be so expensive that it will operate at ~$126,000,000 (million) loss per year. The burden should be on Nevada Hydro to show how they will pump at night (and other off hours) using enough solar and wind power to make LEAPS a true storage battery of excess renewable energy. It's just as likely that it will be cheaper and more reliable to use excess generating capacity from fossil fuel power plants. <br /><br />So why this location? By getting a power plant approved, FERC can also authorize a transmission line. LEAPS is between the SCE and SDGE grids, meaning Nevada Hydro gets the real money maker: a transmission line connecting the two grids, made cheap by generous use of National Forest land.<br /><br />Sincerely, John Garrett, writing from the rural community of Wildomar :)jghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00588440067862480858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-39567499283273356722018-02-28T08:05:03.966-08:002018-02-28T08:05:03.966-08:00The city is most definitely in opposition, and I w...The city is most definitely in opposition, and I was told that they didn't ask for compensation (at this point) because they don't want such a move to be seen as accepting the project, or capitulating to the demands of Nevada Hydro. If, at some point, this project does get an approval and moves forward, the city will be there with a laundry list of compensation demands.<br /><br />From talking to Steve Manos, at this point in the process, it's premature to ask for compensation.Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-6022869502140729972018-02-28T07:58:06.943-08:002018-02-28T07:58:06.943-08:00Just my opinion, one would think the City of Lake ...Just my opinion, one would think the City of Lake Elsinore would be in opposition and want compensation. The city is spending millions of dollars on the lake for recreation. How is it that the shoreline will be affected without causing loss in tourism, fishing and closure up to two years?<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12039083858501938853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-30739552851059170622018-02-28T07:56:06.450-08:002018-02-28T07:56:06.450-08:00Thanks Karen.Thanks Karen.Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-87250890160798098212018-02-27T20:59:00.168-08:002018-02-27T20:59:00.168-08:00Good and factual information. Thank you. Please ke...Good and factual information. Thank you. Please keep it coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558247119195771707noreply@blogger.com