Re: western power outage

["William G. Nabor" <wgnabor@uci.edu>]

In Message Mon, 12 Aug 96 07:03:17 -0500, ustuibvv@ibmmail.com writes:

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>As for your second question, I know gas plants can come back immediately,
>but I do not know about coal.
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Depends again on how long they were out.  No thermal plant, gas, oil, or
nuclear can come back on line immediately from a truly cold state.  Pipes
would burst from the sudden heat difference.  They all have to warm up
slowly.  However, if they were kept warm by wasting fuel idling then maybe.

>Scott E. Bradley  (817) 897-5495            TU Electric                         
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